Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

Tender description

The Department for Education (DfE) are looking to appoint national delivery partner(s) to deliver a number of services within a framework for the following services: 1) restructuring services including Insolvency Practitioner (IP)'s (Independent Business Review's, Administration and advice); 2) forensic accounting and investigation support; 3) audit and assurance including but not limited to annual programme of audit and funding assurance reviews, ad-hoc audit and assurance services; Suppliers successful for a place on the framework will be awarded work on the basis of a rotational process or where certain circumstances apply within the terms awarded using a further competition. The services to be provided under lot 1 of the framework as further detailed in the specification including: (i) the provision of services to the authority to support interventions and to implement the insolvency regime as intended in relation to education providers; (ii) putting in place the infrastructure required to allow financially distressed education providers to be assessed and, if necessary, managed through the appropriate restructuring process. This includes, but is not limited to: independent business reviews, education administration, insolvency services and any other supplementary activity. The services to be provided under lot 2 of the framework are as further detailed in the specification including the provision of all aspects of forensic accounting and investigation support services as required. This will include but not be limited to evidence gathering, financial analysis and extrapolation, sample reviews and testing of data. This includes, but is not limited to work within the frameworks which the contracting authority operates in and present an evidentially sound reports to inform case outcomes and support any subsequent enforcement action. The services to be provided under lot 3 of the framework are as further detailed in the specification including all aspects of audit assurance, objective examination of evidence for assessment, risk management advice and internal controls in line with departmental and Governmental Internal Audit Standards and professional standards.