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Agreed upon procedures contracts

UK public sector · 68 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
68
Last 12 months
Median contract
£139k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£32.8m
65 of 67 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
57
Suppliers
43

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most agreed upon procedures contracts took 52% of them (35 of 68).
  • The median contract, £139k, is 74% above the median across consulting & accountancy contracts (£80k).
  • Highways England awarded 7% of the agreed upon procedures contracts (5 of 68).

Who buys agreed upon procedures

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Highways England5 contracts
  2. 2Scottish Government3 contracts
  3. 3Low Carbon Contracts Company Ltd2 contracts
  4. 4Ofgem2 contracts
  5. 5Tees Valley Combined Authority2 contracts
  6. 6HM Treasury2 contracts
  7. 7DERBY CITY COUNCIL2 contracts
  8. 8Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)1 contract
  9. 9DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial1 contract
  10. 10UK BIOBANK LIMITED1 contract

Top agreed upon procedures contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Grant Thornton13 contracts
  2. 2KPMG12 contracts
  3. 3RSM4 contracts
  4. 4Azets3 contracts
  5. 5Deloitte3 contracts
  6. 6BDO3 contracts
  7. 7EY2 contracts
  8. 8Forvis Mazars2 contracts
  9. 9British Standards Institution (BSI)2 contracts
  10. 10The Orange Partnership Limited2 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*11Q1 202618Q2 202618Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 62 · Scotland 4 · Wales 2

London12East Midlands8East of England6South West6North East4South East3West Midlands2Wales2Scotland2North West1Yorkshire and The Humber1UK-wide or not stated21

What is included

Independent accountants and auditors give assurance other than the annual accounts opinion: certifying a claim, return or account for a funder, auditing whether funds were used as intended, and auditing whether data, costs, charges or practices meet a defined standard, scheme rule or contract, such as regulated companies' data, licensees' compliance, NHS data submissions or incentive scheme outcomes.

  • Housing Benefit subsidy claim certification
  • Agreed-upon-procedures audits of EU or other programme funds
  • Assurance on grant recipients' use of funds
  • Certification of leaseholder service charge accounts
  • Independent accountant's reports on returns
  • Regulatory data and cost assurance for regulated companies
  • Compliance audits of licensees for a regulator
  • Audits of GP and NHS data submissions
  • Data Security and Protection Toolkit independent audits
  • Open-book and contract charge audits
  • Assurance audits of executive bonus and incentive scheme outcomes

What is not included

  • Annual statutory audit (see External audit)
  • Risk-based annual internal audit plan (see Internal audit services)
  • Investigation where misuse or fraud is suspected (see Counter-fraud and forensic investigation services)
  • Grant scheme administration and application appraisal (see Grant administration)
  • Engineering and cost assessment of regulated companies' plans (see Technical assurance)
  • Information governance and data protection officer services (see Data protection officer and information governance services)
  • Accounts payable and duplicate payment recovery audits (see it software (it.data.accounts payable forensics))
  • Cyber security assurance (see it software (it.cyber.security consultancy assurance))

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