# con\_27933 Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting & Investigation Support

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Begbies Traynor Group
- Award value: £225,000
- Tender value: £225,000
- Award date: 9 June 2025
- Published: 4 July 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 127540e4-a2b3-4ec2-bb0a-4759748bca75-852988
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f72241e6-e56b-466f-a09a-a0fbd33882f4

## 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 3 covers Forensic accounting and Investigation support

## Related contract awards

- [DfE Fraud investigation tool award](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7a2e3404-ed16-4d45-8092-bfa8a4f18f2e): Department for Education
- [Free School Meals \(FSM\) Expansion Evaluation](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9a8f621d-f2a1-4752-8b7f-6923ce98a923): Department for Education
- [project\_9776 - SEN Longitudinal Study](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5abdfe56-1d26-48c5-a94b-208496ac2419): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/127540e4-a2b3-4ec2-bb0a-4759748bca75-852988)