# Reporting Accountant Services for Housing Benefit \(Subsidy\) Assurance Process \(HBAP\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Copeland Borough Council
- Contract winner: [Grant Thornton UK LLP](/contract-winners/grant-thornton-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £50,000
- Tender value: £45,000
- Award date: 23 February 2018
- Published: 23 February 2018
- Contract start: 1 March 2018
- Contract end: 28 February 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9efa6a44-2209-4d44-bd7b-de00ba47ac71-200801
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-83677083-e9ca-46f1-b08e-26a11e438ff5

## Description

Copeland Borough Council have appointed Grant Thornton UK LLP as reporting accountant to provide the Council with a report on the completion of the Housing Benefit \(Subsidy\) Assurance Process \(HBAP\) in connection with Housing Benefit Subsidy claim form MPF720A for the year ending 31 March 2019 and subsequent years\. The contract is for an initial period of 3 years commencing 1 March 2018 \(for the year ending 31 March 2019\) with an option for the Council to extend this for a further 24 months subject to satisfactory performance\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9efa6a44-2209-4d44-bd7b-de00ba47ac71-200801)