PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Audit and Assurance Services Two (A&AS2)

Crown Commercial Service · published 26 May 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.

Contracts Finder release ID8be6f4c8-9b71-4950-b147-d78694db9a67-898044
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-134ddb7b-5d67-4256-819f-96af62f09e23
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/6sQD8uds
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
£500,000,000
award field
Tender value
£500,000,000
tender field
Procurement method
Open procedure (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
66113000
Credit granting services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Government Commercial Agency (GCA), hereby known as the Authority, has established a multi-supplier Framework Contract for the supply of audit and assurance services. Audit and Assurance Services Two (A&AS2) (RM6310) is available for use by organisations, and their successors, listed in the authorised customer list cited at VI.3 (Additional Information) of this Notice. Services will be delivered primarily within the United Kingdom, with some limited requirements overseas. A&AS2 has replaced Audit and Assurance Services (RM6188). A&AS2 has 4 lots - Lot 1 - Internal audit and assurance Lot 2 - External audit Lot 3 - Counter-fraud and investigation Lot 4 - Other independent assurance Additional information: This framework was put in place with an initial duration of 3 years plus an optional extension period of 12 months. Please note that the 12 month extensions have been utilised and the end date of this framework is confirmed as being 21/07/2029

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published18 Mar 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published21 Jul 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published21 Jul 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

A list of successful suppliers can be found in the attachments a

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 26 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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