Official UK procurement notice
External Audit Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Waste & Resources Action Programme (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWRAP requires a supplier to conduct external audits on the year-end accounts. Sayer Vincent has been engaged as WRAP’s external auditor since 2019. The WRAP Board has recently signed off the external audit plan and strategy for the year end accounts 2024/25. Audit activity will take place between Jan and July 2025.
In addition to the statutory audit there is work scheduled and approved under PO11528 to audit the Defra and Welsh Government core grants, this work is a stipulation of the related grant agreement and in the case of Defra needs to be completed within 6 months of the end f the funding period. The work is scheduled to take place in August 2025.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Apr 2025, 20:24 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Apr 2025, 20:24 BST
- Authority reference
GOV000-001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017167- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0507fdFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
- Published justification
The external audit plan and strategy for the year end accounts 2024/25 has been signed off by the WRAP Board and the audit activities are already underway. Timelines for the Innovate UK & NREF Grant Audits mean that work can be carried out at the same time as the statutory audits and in the case of Innovate UK, Sayer Vincent have existing knowledge of this project having completed the Q1 audit in 2023. Sayer Vincent’s delivery of our statutory external audit increases efficiencies for the delivery of the audits of our core grant funding due to their existing know ledge of our systems and processes.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 26 Apr 2025- Transparency notice published26 Apr 2025, 20:24 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected7 May 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sayer Vincent7 May 2025 – 2 Sept 2025 | £36,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Sayer VincentAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender