Audit and Assurance Services 2
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About Audit and Assurance Services 2
PROCUREMENT BODY – Crown Commercial Service
Framework Value: £400 million
Framework Duration: 4 years
What is Audit and Assurance Services 2?
This Framework will allow Public Sector organisations to access advice for a range of specialisms, including internal and external audit.
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Who can buy through the Audit and Assurance Services 2 Framework?
Central Government, e.g. Home Office, Ministry of Justice
Local Government, e.g. Your local Council
Education, e.g. Universities, Royal Nursing College, High Schools
Health, e.g. Your local Hospital, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
Criminal Justice, e.g. Greater Manchester Police (CCGs)
Defence, e.g. tri-Forces (Army, Navy, Airforce), MoD
Anomalies, e.g. Coastguard
Lots – Audit and Assurance Services 2
Internal Audit
For the provision of services relating to all aspects of internal audit to provide independent and objective assurance and consulting activity on the effectiveness of governance, risk management and controls in line with public sector internal audit standards and other standards.
Core internal audit services:
● Assurance on governance, risk management, and controls including but not
limited to IT, finance, commercial, human resources, facilities management,
policy development, and operations
● Advice and guidance on internal audit
● Benchmarking and quality assurance review of internal audit performance,
including external quality assessment
● Development of internal audit strategy and methodologies
● Outsourced, co-sourced or one-off internal audit services
Specialist internal audit capabilities:
● Commercial
● Programme and project management
● Finance including treasury management
● Human resources
● Counter-fraud and investigation
● Digital data and technology including but not limited to;
blockchain, cyber security, artificial intelligence, and machine learning
● Grants
External Audit
For the provision of services relating to all aspects of external audits including inspecting documents, re-performing calculations, and reviewing and reporting on controls and systems. Statutory audits requested by grant providers are included.
● External statutory audit
● External audit including, but not limited to, financial statements
● Grant audits and certification
● NHS audits including, but not limited to, external assurance on quality reports
Counter Fraud and Investigation
For the provision of services relating to proactive counter-fraud work and reactive investigation including forensics.
Proactive counter-fraud services:
● Advice on and/or assessment of fraud, bribery and corruption awareness training, and changes to legislation, policies and regulations
● Advice on and/or assessment of fraud risk plan and support in improving fraud, bribery and corruption risk management, and fraud risk identification
● Advice on and/or assessment of fraud, bribery and corruption prevention, and detection strategy including fraud response plan
● Advice on and/or assessment of whistleblowing, gifts and hospitality and conflicts of interest policies and procedures, and other routes for reporting suspected fraud
● Advice/assessment and/or delivery of proactive testing and compliance activity in key risk areas
● Advice on fraud loss including prevention estimation methodologies
● Use of technology including, but not limited to, data analytics to support the delivery of proactive counter-fraud services including fraud prevention and detection
Reactive investigation capabilities:
● Corporate intelligence techniques
● Financial irregularity investigations
● Investigation of non-financial irregularities, including but not limited to, regulatory breaches and misconduct
● Investigation of suspected fraud, bribery, or corruption allegations made through all established reporting routes, including whistleblowers and digital analytics
● Forensic extraction and review of structured digital evidence including, but not limited to, email data
● Forensic extraction and review of unstructured digital evidence including, but not limited to, social media postings and data held in audio and video formats
● Support with the delivery of criminal investigations in line with investigatory legal powers, including the Criminal Procedures and Investigations Act and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
● Expert witness services including, but not limited to, offering the services of individuals who have previously acted as an expert witness
● Use of data analytical technology tools and techniques to investigate fraud
● Upskilling of new technology and techniques of fraud detection and prevention
Other Independent Insurance
For the provision of services relating to assurance over aspects of organisational, operational, and programme performance, benefitting from objective examination and assessment.
● Advice on and assurance over non-financial information including, but not limited to, strategy, risk and corporate governance
● Advice on and assurance over KPIs including, but not limited to, environmental, sustainability and workforce reporting
● Compliance monitoring and risk management
● Grant funding assurance including, but not limited to, programme reviews and impact assessments
● Independent assurance reviews including special purpose reviews and investigations
● Regulatory reporting
● Service auditor reports including, but not limited to, international standard on assurance engagements (ISAE) 3402 standards
● Social responsibility including but not limited to modern slavery audits
● Third-party risk management including, but not limited to, supply chain and contract assurance
● Well-led governance reviews
● Workforce audit services including, but not limited to, temporary, fixed term, or permanent staffing (clinical and non-clinical)
FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT
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