# Quality Assurance Process engagement in relation to the Housing Benefit \(Subsidy\) Assurance Process \(HBAP\)

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales \(ICA
- Award value: £169,775
- Tender value: £232,117
- Award date: 17 December 2024
- Published: 6 January 2025
- Contract start: 3 March 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: ea5788eb-5d40-4f5c-98dc-935af8a4d1a0-814857
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-979fe5d2-780e-45cf-a979-628de1ead4da

## Description

This requirement is to provide a quality assurance review of work carried out by the accountancy firms on English Local Authorities to satisfy DWP and National Audit Office that Housing Benefit Assurance Process is being consistently and correctly applied across the sector, and within individual accountancy firms across multiple locations\.

## Related contract awards

- [DWP Asset Disposal](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-18ee57d3-f8ea-4cc0-b6f2-a97c872e499b): Department for Work and Pensions
- [Professional Services to Support the Timms Review - Awarded Contract](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c4bdc633-8659-4141-a175-5e6615079bbe): Department for Work and Pensions
- [Jobs and Career Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c7e0e411-7f80-412c-a162-3837a1f648e7): Department for Work and Pensions

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ea5788eb-5d40-4f5c-98dc-935af8a4d1a0-814857)