# con\_27930 Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting & Investigation Support

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Department for Education.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [HW Controls & Assurance Ltd \(trading as Validera\)](/suppliers/validera/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £570,000
- Tender value: £570,000
- Award date: 6 June 2025
- Published: 4 July 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 86ffdab8-3bb5-4371-8519-181285ca90f3-852972
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8efcff90-aa38-4021-9eca-fa115fd37457

## Description

This work is specialist in nature and requires sector and technical expertise\. The assurance/investigations work covered by the procurement is essential to CARD's oversight responsibilities and providing an opinion on use of funds for the purposes intended as well as investigating allegations of misuse of funds\. Lot 1 covers Post 16 funding assurance audit reviews for auditing training provider data return\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/86ffdab8-3bb5-4371-8519-181285ca90f3-852972)