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DDPT026 Reporting Accountant for Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Assurance Process (HBAP)
Accounting and auditing services
Published value
£155,000
Submission deadline 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Derbyshire Dales District Council: "DDPT026 Reporting Accountant for Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Assurance Process (HBAP)". Published status: active. Published value: £155,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Derbyshire Dales District Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | Closed 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £155,000 |
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Coverage: 6 active published awards; 6 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDerbyshire Dales District Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusactive | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT | Last source update28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT | Recurring procurementYes |
ClassificationAccounting and auditing services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04d6b0 | ||
What is being bought
Derbyshire Dales District Council (the Council) requires a suitably experienced and qualified reporting accountant (external auditor) to audit and certify their Housing Benefit (HB) Subsidy Grant claims in England, commencing with the subsidy period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 (equivalent dates for any extension period), to meet the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) requirements to give the DWP assurance of a valid and true claim. The reporting accountant will conduct testing of all Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) aspects of the audit.
What changed
From the official release history
- Published value updated to £155,000
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT - Status changed to active
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT - Official notice release published
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT - Submission deadline changed to 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT - Buyer information updated
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedactivePublished valueNot publishedDerbyshire Dales District Council (the Council) requires a suitably experienced and qualified reporting accountant (external auditor) to audit and certify their Housing Benefit (HB) Subsidy Grant claims in England, commencing with the subsidy period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 (equivalent dates for any extension period), to meet the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) requirements to give the DWP assurance of a valid and true claim. The reporting accountant will conduct testing of all Housing Benefit Assurance Process (HBAP) aspects of the audit. A condition of participation is that you must be currently registered on the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (ICAEW) register of licensed local auditors Local Auditor Register. The initial contract period is for the audit relating to the housing benefit subsidy claim for 2024/25; the contract is estimated to commence 5 May 2025 and expire 4 May 2026. There will be an option to extend the contract for up to four years in 2 yearly increments subject to satisfactory performance and business needs, to meet the 2025/26, 2026/27, 2027/28 and 2028/29 audit requirements. The maximum contract period is five years.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT - Submission deadline
27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Derbyshire Dales District Council
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