# con\_27933 Audit, Assurance and Forensic Accounting & Investigation Support

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Begbies Traynor Group
- Award value: £225,000
- Tender value: £225,000
- Award date: 9 June 2025
- Published: 4 July 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 127540e4-a2b3-4ec2-bb0a-4759748bca75-852988
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f72241e6-e56b-466f-a09a-a0fbd33882f4

## Description

This work is specialist in nature and requires sector and technical expertise\. The assurance/investigations work covered by the procurement is essential to CARD's oversight responsibilities and providing an opinion on use of funds for the purposes intended as well as investigating allegations of misuse of funds\. Lot 3 covers Forensic accounting and Investigation support

## Related contract awards

- [Inclusion Bases: exploring evidence of impact and models\.](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-76dee6b0-7bcc-49cd-b784-34d2192c05a4): Department for Education
- [Understanding the cost of undergraduate provision and qualifications in the HE sector in England\_con\_27513](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5134e27c-b67c-449d-89e7-92e3a879c33b): Department for Education
- [IT Research and Advisory Services II](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-db7f8498-b870-407b-a72f-9d6a97072ad6): Department for Education

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/127540e4-a2b3-4ec2-bb0a-4759748bca75-852988)