Buyer	West Midlands Combined Authority — not a council we hold
Supplier	Ernst & Young LLP

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.

Runs	2 Sep 2024 to 25 Nov 2024
OCID	ocds-b5fd17-e4806759-ca61-4735-a66f-15bf00d811ec
Notice	Read it on Contracts Finder

Figures are as published An award value in OCDS may be a framework ceiling rather than a sum anyone expects to spend, so a large figure here is not evidence of a large purchase.