Reform Options Business Case Audit

West Midlands Combined Authority · awarded 8 September 2024

Who

Buyer	West Midlands Combined Authority BIRMINGHAM
Supplier	ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Category	services
Classification	Financial and insurance services CPV 66000000
Notice published	10 September 2024

What it is for

WMCA (the "Authority") is currently preparing an assessment of a proposed bus franchising scheme in accordance with section 123B of the Transport Act 2000 as amended by the Bus Services Act 2017 (the "Act"), and is producing a franchising assessment ('the Assessment"). As part of meeting the requirements under the Act, the Authority requires a suitably qualified organisation to undertake an audit of the Assessment (the "Auditor"), to provide an independent assurance report (the "Report") and to express an opinion in relation to the following areas required by section 123D of the Act: Whether the information relied upon by the Authority in considering the matters referred to in section 123B(3)(d) of the Act (the affordability of the scheme) or section 123B(3)(e) of the Act (the value for money of the proposed scheme) is of sufficient quality; Whether the analysis of that information in the Assessment is of sufficient quality; and Whether the Authority had due regard to the guidance issued under section 123B of the Act in preparing the Assessment.

Read the original award notice on Contracts Finder →

Other contracts from this buyer

446 awards on file, worth £183.2m.

Everything West Midlands Combined Authority has awarded →

Other contracts won by this supplier

124 awards on file, worth £1.6bn.

Everything ERNST & YOUNG LLP has won →