Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
10001883
The Gateway
Leicester
LE19BH
UK
Contact person: James West
E-mail: james.west@dmu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKF21
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.dmu.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Internal Audit Services
Reference number: 256000
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This Procurement will establish a Supplier Contract for the purchase of Internal Audit Services for De Montfort University.
The Contract will be for an initial three-year period with an option to extend for two further periods of one year, up to a maximum contract length of five years. Any contract extension will be dependent on satisfactory supplier performance, continued business need and availability of funding and will in any case be awarded at the University's sole discretion.
The Contract is being offered under the Crown Commercial Service's A&AS2 framework (RM6310), specifically Lot 1 (Internal Audit and Assurance) of the framework, and we are inviting all framework suppliers on the Lot which indicate the following in the framework Filtering Matrix to take part in the Further Competition for this opportunity:
• ALL Core IA services
• Education sector
• East Midlands (TLF) region
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
819 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKF21
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Internal Audit services for the University
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Awarded by further competition through compliant public sector procurement framework - Lot 1 (Internal Audit and Assurance) of CCS RM6310 Audit and Assurance Service Framework Two (A&AS2)
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
31/07/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
KPMG LLP
UK07070617
15 CANADA SQUARE
LONDON
E14 5GL
UK
NUTS: UKI
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 819 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
De Montfort University
Leicester
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
25/09/2026