PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CPT_26_39 Specialist model assurance support

National Audit Office · published 26 Aug 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 IDac06dc1e-2908-4a2f-8b6b-286917e5d412-912158
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-6bc5942d-7e5a-4ed2-900c-ae594f9e9562
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sBN45ywB
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£336,000
award field
Tender value
£336,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79210000
Accounting and auditing services
Delivery
United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The National Audit Office awarded a contract to Hartley McMaster Limited through the Crown Commercial Services GCloud 14 framework. The supplier will oversee and lead the testing of a subset of models within the NAO model assurance portfolio. The contract will commence on Monday 4 January 2027 and run for an initial period of three years until Thursday 3 January 2030. At the NAO's discretion, the contract may be extended by up to 12 months, until Friday 3 January 2031. The estimated contract value is £336,000 inclusive of VAT over the full four-year term.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release26 Aug 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published4 Jan 2027
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Jun 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published4 Jan 2027
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published3 Jan 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

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

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