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ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance

DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 20:13.

Opportunity overview

This Contract Award Notice is to confirm that the Accelerated Open Procurement has concluded with the award of a contract to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£486.1k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
28 Jan 2025
Award ID
006566-2025-con_7217-1
Status
active
Identifier
OC 303525
Location
London, UK, WC2N 6RH, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79212400 — Fraud audit services

Lots

  • DESNZ sought to procure a supplier to carry out a comprehensive review of fraud and error risks on the ECO4 scheme, and also assess the capability of current delivery systems for managing those risks. The department wants to better understand the extent to which the scheme is providing support to the correct households and properties to enable evidence-based future policy design and best practice in delivery management. The awarded supplier's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Data and document analysis. - Industry knowledge, specifically retrofit, low carbon heating and energy efficiency installation through the construction industry. - Understanding in similar/comparable scheme/project delivery. Familiarity with government schemes and ideally energy supplier obligation schemes would be beneficial. - Ability to conduct a low number of on-site audits of domestic properties and installation of funded measures (with national cover) to validate hypotheses around risks. - Gathering and analysing relevant information, data, accounts, audits, project management artefacts and other relevant information sources. - Business analysis (including understanding structure, policies and operations, identifying business need, determining solutions) and process modelling. - Fraud management, analysis, detection and prevention. - Working knowledge and experience of application of Counter Fraud Functional Standard (GovS 013) requirements. - Interview design and analysis. - Ability to recognise issues and their potential and ranked impact to make actionable recommendations both through regular and ad-hoc collaborative meetings and in final reporting with DESNZ£495k

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04bd02
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Procedure

Is Accelerated
Yes
Accelerated Rationale
Reg 27 (4) Where contracting authorities have published a prior information notice which was not itself used as a means of calling for competition, the minimum time limit for the receipt of tenders as laid down in paragraph (2) may be shortened to 15 days, provided that both of the following conditions are fulfilled:- (a)the prior information notice included all the information required for the contract notice in section I of part B of Annex V to the Public Contracts Directive insofar as that information was available at the time the prior information notice was published; (b)the prior information notice was sent for publication between 35 days and 12 months before the date on which the contract notice was sent.

Amendments

Entry 1
Id
2
Description
This corrigendum is to rectify the closing date for tender submission - CORRECTION to 10/12/2024 (17:00)

Unstructured Changes

Entry 1

Where

Section
IV.2.2

New Value

Date
10 Dec 2024, 17:00

Old Value

Date
4 Dec 2024, 17:00

Bid Opening

Date
19 Nov 2024, 17:00

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Expected award period

Starts
19 Nov 2024, 17:00

Tender Period

Ends
4 Dec 2024, 17:00

Classification

Id
79212400
Scheme
CPV
Description
Fraud audit services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Bid Validity Period

Duration In Days
60

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
DESNZ sought to procure a supplier to carry out a comprehensive review of fraud and error risks on the ECO4 scheme, and also assess the capability of current delivery systems for managing those risks. The department wants to better understand the extent to which the scheme is providing support to the correct households and properties to enable evidence-based future policy design and best practice in delivery management. The awarded supplier's responsibilities include, but are not limited to: - Data and document analysis. - Industry knowledge, specifically retrofit, low carbon heating and energy efficiency installation through the construction industry. - Understanding in similar/comparable scheme/project delivery. Familiarity with government schemes and ideally energy supplier obligation schemes would be beneficial. - Ability to conduct a low number of on-site audits of domestic properties and installation of funded measures (with national cover) to validate hypotheses around risks. - Gathering and analysing relevant information, data, accounts, audits, project management artefacts and other relevant information sources. - Business analysis (including understanding structure, policies and operations, identifying business need, determining solutions) and process modelling. - Fraud management, analysis, detection and prevention. - Working knowledge and experience of application of Counter Fraud Functional Standard (GovS 013) requirements. - Interview design and analysis. - Ability to recognise issues and their potential and ranked impact to make actionable recommendations both through regular and ad-hoc collaborative meetings and in final reporting with DESNZ

Value

Amount
495,000
Currency
GBP

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Fraud Assurance Capability and Requirement Core/Desirable Capabilities
Type
quality
Description
25
Criterion 2
Name
Approach to the delivery of services and project plan
Type
quality
Description
50
Criterion 3
Name
Team structure, experience, expertise, and ways of working
Type
quality
Description
15
Criterion 4
Name
Social Value
Type
quality
Description
10
Criterion 5
Type
price
Description
PQP

Contract period

Duration In Days
150

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-114361
Name
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2EG
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
3-8 Whitehall Place

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
MINISTRY
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-80082
Name
Public Procurement Review

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Public Procurement Review

Contact

Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-138908
Name
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
London
Postal Code
WC2N 6RH
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 Embankment Place

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
OC 303525
Legal Name
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-569
Name
Cabinet Office

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
London
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Cabinet Office

Award information

Award 1
Id
006566-2025-con_7217-1
Title
ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance
Status
active
Has Subcontracting
Yes

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-138908
Name
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
006566-2025-con_7217-1
Title
ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance
Status
active
Award ID
006566-2025-con_7217-1
Date Signed
28 Jan 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
486,111.11
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UK · SW1A 2EG · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04bd02-2025-02-21T10:15:22Zcompiled ·