con_28939Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting & Investigation Support

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education

Call-off from a framework agreement

CPV: Accounting and auditing services (79210000)

Published contract value£570,000Exc. VAT

Contract ends 31 Mar 2028

Awarded to BDO LLP

Contract starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This work is specialist in nature and requires sector and technical expertise. The assurance/investigations work covered by the procurement is essential to CARD's oversight responsibilities and providing an opinion on use of funds for the purposes intended as well as investigating allegations of misuse of funds.

Lot 3 covers Forensic accounting and Investigation support

Published procurement details

Procedure: Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference: tender_442170/1529828
Category: Services
Tender status: Complete
Award status: Active
Suitable for SMEs: Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises: Yes
Published tender value: £225,000.00
Tender deadline: 3 Mar 2025, 10:00 GMT
Procurement method: Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published: North East, United Kingdom; North West, United Kingdom; Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom; East Midlands, United Kingdom; West Midlands, United Kingdom; East of England, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; South East, United Kingdom; South West, United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates

Contract starts
1 Apr 2025
Award decision
20 Oct 2025
Notice published
6 Nov 2025
Contract ends
31 Mar 2028

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for EducationContracting authority Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street, London, SW1P 3BT, EnglandContact name, email
URL
https://www.gov.uk/dfe

Suppliers named on the notice

BDO LLPSupplier 55 Baker Street, London, W1U 7EU
Identifier
OC305127 · GB-COH
Voluntary, community or social enterprise
No
Business size
SME

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

n/a awardDocumentDOCX

Notices published for this procedure

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder awardAward noticeen6 Nov 2025, 09:17 GMT

Source record

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice language: en
Release reference: ocds-b5fd17-90b3d998-9748-4527-9c6a-fc4779bd9933-2025-11-06T09:17:17Z
Published: 6 Nov 2025
Latest update: 6 Nov 2025
Procedure reference: ocds-b5fd17-90b3d998-9748-4527-9c6a-fc4779bd9933
Contract reference: ocds-b5fd17-90b3d998-9748-4527-9c6a-fc4779bd9933-1