Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- South Kesteven District Council · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- KPMG LLP
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Business services · Auditing services (CPV 79212000)
- Region
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 037501-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date30 Nov 2022
- Published24 Apr 2026Published 1241 days after the contract date
Description
Public Sector Audit Appointments Ltd (PSAA) conducted a procurement exercise for the audits of the accounts (as per the Code of Audit Practice) eligible bodies across England that opt in for the purposes of the appointment of auditors under the provisions of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and the requirements of the Local Audit (Appointing Person) Regulations 2015, South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) opted into this scheme and were assigned an auditor. https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/procurement/ocds-h6vhtk-031385
About the supplier
KPMG LLP: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC301540).