# Reporting Accountant

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Southend-on-sea Borough Council](/buyers/southend-on-sea-borough-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £20,000
- Published: 16 January 2020
- Planned start: 1 March 2021
- Planned end: 30 November 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 862ea2eb-2164-46f9-9729-ce6767d51b76-337553
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-212bc7cb-4698-4106-8b09-02d891a5dcc1

## Description

Every year the Local Authority \(LA\) is required to undertake an audit of the Subsidy claim they have made to the Department for Work and Pensions \(DWP\) for Housing Benefit granted\. This contract is for an accountant to perform the audit in compliance with the Housing Benefit \(Subsidy\) Assurance Process \(HBAP\) Modules and in connection with the LA's claim for subsidy on form MPF720A for 2020-2021 financial year\. The audit will be performed as a tri-partite engagement as outlined in the HBAP reporting framework instruction, between the DWP, the LA and the contracted accountant\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/862ea2eb-2164-46f9-9729-ce6767d51b76-337553)