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# Professional qualification for graduate and school leaver trainees

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-qualification-for-graduate-and-school-leaver-trainees-ocds-h6vhtk-0397e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Audit Scotland: "Professional qualification for graduate and school leaver trainees". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Audit Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/audit-scotland-GB-FTS-27530)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Specialist training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £925,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0397e5`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-qualification-for-graduate-and-school-leaver-trainees-ocds-h6vhtk-0397e5#tl-md)

## Description
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. Audit Scotland will be using ICAS (institute of Chartered Accounts of Scotland) as the accounting qualification provider for trainees (graduate and school leavers entry level).
ICAS are the only provider of the CA qualification. This qualification provides the training for both graduates and school leavers in a hybrid method with teaching locations in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
This agreement will be for four years with the option to extend for a further year.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. Audit Scotland will continue to use ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accounts of Scotland) as the accounting qualification provider for trainees (graduate and entry level).
ICAS is the only provider...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 001306-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ICAS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72905`
  - Value: £925,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 005443-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **ICAS**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-72905`
  - Value: £925,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 001306-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £925,000
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2023

- **Contract:** 005443-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £925,000
  - Signed Date: 09/01/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005443-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-23T14:43:38.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T09:54:39.413Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0397e5