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RMBC - PT Reporting Accountant for Housing Benefit Assurance Process - AWARD
Authority: Runnymede Borough Council
CPV: Auditing services (79212000)
Published contract value£83,250VAT basis not stated
Contract ends 5 Jul 2028
Awarded to KPMG LLP
Contract starts 6 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) tender requirements involves providing quality assurance and reporting services for local authorities' Housing Benefit subsidy claims. Reporting accountants must follow specific testing and reporting guidelines, including initial testing, evaluating results, and addressing errors. The process ensures compliance with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) standards and includes detailed steps for preparation, testing, and reporting. To provide audit services for HBAP assurance and reporting for a backlog of MPF720A forms for three financial years commencing 2023/24, 2024/25 and 2025/26.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Other -
- Buyer reference
- IT-234-38841-RMBC - 038841 - AWARD
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 79210000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Accounting and auditing services
- Additional classifications 2: Reference
- 79200000
- Additional classifications 2: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 2: Description
- Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- Additional classifications 3: Reference
- 79212100
- Additional classifications 3: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 3: Description
- Financial auditing services
- Additional classifications 4: Reference
- 79212300
- Additional classifications 4: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 4: Description
- Statutory audit services
- Tender contract period: Start date
- Tender contract period: End date
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- KT15 2AH; British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision25 Jun 2026
- Notice published25 Jun 2026
- Contract starts6 Jul 2026
- Contract ends5 Jul 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Runnymede Borough CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- KPMG LLPSupplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4c9e36e0-00e9-472d-bf25-81b38d7b4616-2026-06-25T11:54:56+01:00
- Published
- 25 Jun 2026
- Latest update
- 25 Jun 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4c9e36e0-00e9-472d-bf25-81b38d7b4616
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-4c9e36e0-00e9-472d-bf25-81b38d7b4616-1