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CPT_23_02 Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services

National Audit Office · published 21 Sept 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID7b2a6a5d-9aef-421c-8bb5-f1338c538921-914850
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e6c6738a-aa9d-4234-9a22-258a19adc909
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£3,117,807
award field
Tender value
£12,129,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
79600000
Recruitment services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office has awarded a contract to the selected supplier Allen Lane Limited to deliver Financial Audit Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services which support the NAO's permanent and temporary audit staffing needs. The service will be divided into two lots:- Lot 1 Financial Audit Temporary Recruitment Services, Lot 2 Financial Audit Permanent Recruitment Services The total contract value awarded to Allen Lane Limited is (£3,117,807) based on Lot 1 value of £2,850,000 and Lot 2 value of £267,807 including VAT over an initial period of two years including 2, 12-month extensions. As of November 2025, the contract has been extended for 12 months from Friday 12th December 2025 to Friday 11th December 2026. As of September 2026, the contract has been extended for 12 months from Saturday 12th December 2026 to Saturday 11th December 2027.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release21 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published12 Dec 2023
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published29 Sept 2023End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published12 Dec 2023
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published11 Dec 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 21 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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