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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
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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 AuthorityDerbyshire Dales District CouncilScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
Closed
27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
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Published28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
Last source update28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
Recurring procurementYes
ClassificationAccounting and auditing services
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
  1. Published value updated to £155,000
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
  2. Status changed to active
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
  4. Submission deadline changed to 27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
  5. Buyer information updated
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
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    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. 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 published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Jan 2025, 12:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    27 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT
Commercial outcome and competition
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Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Contracting authority GB-FTS-9496
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