Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Government · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- RSM UK Risk Assurance Services
- Value
- £1,058,570
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Business services · Auditing services (CPV 79212000)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 068723-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Oct 2025
- Published27 Oct 2025Published 7 days after the contract date
Description
The scope of the contract covers the auditing of 32 local authority verifiers and 6 certification scheme providers. The service provider will be required to deliver the following: - Phase 1: Audit Plans and Schedules for both Certification Scheme Providers and Verifiers - Phase 2: Audit of Certification Scheme Providers 2025-2026 - Phase 3: Audit of Verifiers 2026-2029 - Phase 4: Review of Certification Operating Framework - Phase 5: Audit of Certification Scheme Providers 2027-2028 Delivery of additional cycles of audits of Certification Scheme Providers and delivery of stage 2 audits of Local Authority Verifiers may also be required during the contract term. Additional information: The period of the contract is from and including 15 October 2025 to and including 14 October 2030. The Scottish Government may, by giving notice to the service provider, extend the period of the contract to a date falling no later than 14 October 2032. Subject to that constraint, the Purchaser may extend …
About the supplier
RSM UK Risk Assurance Services: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company OC389499).