Interested in business opportunities with the Wales Audit Office?
10 Apr 2012 12:11 PM
Auditor General to host 'Meet the Buyer' event to set out his forthcoming contracting requirements
The Auditor General is hosting a 'Meet the Buyer' event next month for anyone interested in finding out more about potential business opportunities from his 2014 contracting arrangements.
Six firms currently have contracts with him to provide 30% of public sector audit work in Wales. And firms deliver all 740 of the audits of the town and community councils. Collectively, the firms' work is worth over £3 million a year.
From 2014, the Auditor General intends to buy audit services from a much wider range of suppliers. These services include support for performance audit across the Welsh pubic sector, including value for money reviews and national studies as well as the audit of annual accounts and grant claims.
We want to engage subject specialists in particular areas such as health and social care, transport, education, housing and regeneration. And we'd also like to find suppliers to help us with more generic work such as data analysis and surveys of people's experience of public services.
The 'Meet the Buyer' event will set out what the likely contract requirements will be and will be of interest to accountancy firms, consultancies, agencies, academic institution and individual specialists.
Where - Wales Audit Office, 24, Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ
When - Tuesday 1 May, 2-4pm
Anyone who would like to attend should contact Helen Jones on 02920-320-503 or email Helen.jones@wao.gov.uk
Notes to Editors:
- The Auditor General and the auditors he appoints in local government are the independent statutory external auditors of most of the Welsh public sector. They are responsible for the annual audit of the majority of public money spent in Wales, including the £14 billion of funds that are voted to Wales annually by the Westminster
Parliament. Elements of this funding are passed by the Welsh Government to the NHS in Wales (over £5 billion) and to local government (nearly £4 billion).
- Its mission is to promote improvement, so that people in Wales benefit from accountable, well-managed public services that offer the best possible value for money. It is also committed to identify and spreading good practice across the Welsh public sector.