# CARD - Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting - PIN

> Pre-procurement notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £5,700,000
- Published: 4 September 2024
- Planned start: 1 April 2025
- Planned end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: pre_procurement
- Notice ID: e2ce217f-4241-4698-8449-635dd99851a2-782587
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bb63f260-b3a4-4b8f-9c7e-d54e3c683ee0

## Description

CARD - Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting - Prior Information Notice The Department for Education, on behalf of the Education and Skills Funding Agency \(ESFA\), will soon begin market engagement activities to establish a 3-year framework agreement\. This will consist of up to three requirements, with a maximum combined spend of £5,700,000 over a three-year period\. Our current intention is to divide our requirements into 2-3 lots\. The Department intends to build an extension option into the agreement of one year\. This is broadly a re-procurement of existing services, as our current framework is due to expire in early to mid 2025\. After careful consideration, the Department deems a call-off framework with no commitment to spend as the surest way to deliver value for money while ensuring sufficient capacity to meet our requirements\. The Department intends to establish this framework on behalf of the Education and Skills Funding Agency, an Arm's Length Body of the Department\. We will begin our market engagement activities in early October\. For full details, including how to participate, please find attached the accompanying PDF\. Additional information: Please view the accompanying PDF\.

## Related contract awards

- [Understanding the cost of undergraduate provision and qualifications in the HE sector in England\_con\_27513](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5134e27c-b67c-449d-89e7-92e3a879c33b): Department for Education
- [IT Research and Advisory Services II](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-db7f8498-b870-407b-a72f-9d6a97072ad6): Department for Education
- [project\_10572 - Speech and Language Therapists in education: a mixed methods research project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-92b2087c-8ff4-4777-8932-c01074274242): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e2ce217f-4241-4698-8449-635dd99851a2-782587)