# ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [DESNZ](/buyers/desnz/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP](/contract-winners/pricewaterhousecoopers/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £48,611
- Tender value: £486,111
- Award date: 28 January 2025
- Published: 21 February 2025
- Contract start: 28 January 2025
- Contract end: 22 May 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 802cb43f-62bc-4581-a414-192cc1336d39-829102
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2bfbb288-c44f-43b0-be4a-84e127601d5e

## Description

This Contract Award Notice is to confirm that the Accelerated Open Procurement has concluded with the award of a contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP\. Brief Description of Requirement DESNZ sought to procure a supplier to carry out a comprehensive review of fraud and error risks on the ECO4 scheme, and also assess the capability of current delivery systems for managing those risks\. The department wants to better understand the extent to which the scheme is providing support to the correct households and properties to enable evidence-based future policy design and best practice in delivery management\. The awarded supplier's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Data and document analysis\. - Industry knowledge, specifically retrofit, low carbon heating and energy efficiency installation through the construction industry\. - Understanding in similar/comparable scheme/project delivery\. Familiarity with government schemes and ideally energy supplier obligation schemes would be beneficial\. - Ability to conduct a low number of on-site audits of domestic properties and installation of funded measures \(with national cover\) to validate hypotheses around risks\. - Gathering and analysing relevant information, data, accounts, audits, project management artefacts and other relevant information sources\. - Business analysis \(including understanding structure, policies and operations, identifying business need, determining solutions\) and process modelling\. - Fraud management, analysis, detection and prevention\. - Working knowledge and experience of application of Counter Fraud Functional Standard \(GovS 013\) requirements\. - Interview design and analysis\. - Ability to recognise issues and their potential and ranked impact to make actionable recommendations both through regular and ad-hoc collaborative meetings and in final reporting with DESNZ

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/802cb43f-62bc-4581-a414-192cc1336d39-829102)