Decision details
Approval to award contract for the Internal Audit Service
Decision Maker: Strategic Director (Corporate & Commercial Services)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Purpose:
The Procurement process used was a further
competition using the Crown Commercial Services RM6188 Audit and
Assurance Services Framework Lot 1. All suppliers on Lot 1 were
invited to bid via the Councils e-tendering portal. This is fully
compliant with the Public Contract Regulations 2015.
Two bids were received, evaluated against the award criteria. TIAA
scored the highest overall score.
Decision:
The approval to award contract for the
Internal Audit Service for an initial period of 3 years with an
option to extend by a further two years to TIAA.
Alternative options considered:
In house delivery of the Internal Audit
function. This was deemed unfeasible and uneconomical as there are
no current DBC officers with suitable professional qualifications
to undertake this work, with the specialist nature of some aspects
of Internal Audit such as cyber security, benefits and IT still
require external specialist support.
Publication date: 25/03/2025
Date of decision: 20/03/2025
Accompanying Documents:
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