Internal Audit Services — KPMG for De Montfort University (Sept 2026)

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-077a5e
Creator: De Montfort University
Published: 2026-09-25T10:42:55.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Authority: De Montfort University (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF21)

Awarded value£819,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Jul 2026no call for competition

Awarded to KPMG

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Procurement will establish a Supplier Contract for the purchase of Internal Audit Services for De Montfort University.

The Contract will be for an initial three-year period with an option to extend for two further periods of one year, up to a maximum contract length of five years. Any contract extension will be dependent on satisfactory supplier performance, continued business need and availability of funding and will in any case be awarded at the University's sole discretion.

The Contract is being offered under the Crown Commercial Service's A&AS2 framework (RM6310), specifically Lot 1 (Internal Audit and Assurance) of the framework, and we are inviting all framework suppliers on the Lot which indicate the following in the framework Filtering Matrix to take part in the Further Competition for this opportunity:

• ALL Core IA services

• Education sector

• East Midlands (TLF) region

CPV: Auditing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Internal Audit services for the UniversityAwarded

Delivery: East Midlands

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 25 Sept 2026, 11:42 BST
Last source update: 25 Sept 2026, 11:42 BST
Authority reference: 256000
Classification (CPV): Auditing services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077a5e

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: Awarded by further competition through compliant public sector procurement framework - Lot 1 (Internal Audit and Assurance) of CCS RM6310 Audit and Assurance Service Framework Two (A&AS2)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £819,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 6

Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
KPMG	—	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 090925-2026-1 · KPMG
Signed
31 Jul 2026
Value
£819,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
6bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-UKPRN: 10001883 The Gateway, Leicester, East Midlands, LE19BH

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

KPMG LLPAwarded supplierGB-COH: UK07070617 15 CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, London, E14 5GL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.