Auditing services

Tender description

The Corporate Officer of the House of Lords and the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons ("the Authority") acting jointly, invite suppliers to submit a tender for the provision of audit services as specified in the statement of requirements. The framework will be split into 2 lots. Lot 1 will be for general audit services; Lot 2 will be Audit services for capital projects. Lot 1 will be managed by the Head of Internal Audit and Risk Management in the House of Commons. Suppliers made bid for Lot 1 or Lot 2 or both lots. The value of the framework is non committal. Lot 1 The House of Commons Administration has an internal audit services. The requirement is for the provision of specialist audit services, but also in the support and development of the internal audit service in line with the house’s overall objective for services to be a model of good practice and innovation. The support is envisaged to be broken down into the following elements: — specialist ICT audit services, — counter fraud services, — provision of "consulting" services. Lot 2 will be for audit services for capital projects and programmes. The Authority has a requirement for the provision of external support to the in-house internal audit service by undertaking specialist capital project and other works related audit reviews. The requirement is for the provision of specialist audit services to provide assurance on capital projects and programmes and other works related activities and operations within parliament.