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Published 23 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Housing Benefit Assurance Protocol (HBAP) Reporting Accountant

Official notice

Authority: Derbyshire Dales District Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF13)
Awarded value£100,440published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 3 Apr 2026no call for competition
Awarded to KPMG

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Derbyshire Dales District Council (the Council) has awarded a contract for the provision of a reporting accountant (external auditor) to audit and certify their Housing Benefit (HB) Subsidy Grant claims, 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.

The contract is for subsidy years 2024/25, 2025/26 and 2026/27

The contract value is subject to indexation on 1 April each year based upon CPI .

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: East Midlands
79210000 Accounting and auditing services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
23 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST
Last source update
23 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST
Authority reference
W2026-05
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-037054
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF13)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06898c Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    23 Apr 2026, 12:49 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £100,4401 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 3 Apr 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
KPMG£100,440 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Housing Benefit Assurance Protocol (HBAP) Reporting Accountant · KPMG

    Signed
    3 Apr 2026
    Value
    £100,440 inc. VAT
    Period
    8 Apr 2026 – 30 Nov 2027
    Status
    active
    Options
    Additional testing may be required (arising from either CAKE testing to address issues identified in the previous years' work/HBAP Accountant's Report OR in-year errors identified in the Initial Sample testing)

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Derbyshire Dales District Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLCB-7612-RJLM Town Hall, Bank Road, Matlock, East Midlands, DE4 3NNContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • KPMG LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: OC301540GB-PPON: PMGV-6254-LTTL 15 Canada Square, London, London, E14 5GLContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender