Buyer profile
National Audit Office
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Total contracts
443
Known spend
£222m
418 disclosed
Average value
£530,828
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
KPMG LLP
£14m
- 2
DELOITTE LLP
£18m
- 3
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
£10m
- 4
GRANT THORNTON UK LLP
£7m
- 5
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
£7m
- 6
Phoenix Software Limited
2 winslatest 20 Aug 2026£6m
- 7
FORVIS MAZARS LLP
£6m
- 8
XMA Ltd
2 winslatest 08 Dec 2025£6m
- 9
Ipsos (Market Research) Limited
2 winslatest 24 Dec 2025£684,809
- 10
Success at School Ltd
2 winslatest 20 May 2026£34,200
What they buy
By CPV categoryBusiness servicesCPV 79
297 contracts · £158m
IT servicesCPV 72
52 contracts · £33m
SoftwareCPV 48
13 contracts · £1m
Financial & insuranceCPV 66
13 contracts · £398,215
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
8 contracts · £323,260
Education & trainingCPV 80
7 contracts · £911,000
Office & computing equipmentCPV 30
6 contracts · £2m
Radio, TV & telecomsCPV 32
6 contracts · £584,752
Renewal radar
Awarded contracts predicted to come up for re-tender in the next 18 months
- Success at School Apprentice Campaign 2026/2027
Predicted using median duration of UK contracts in the same CPV division (11 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Jun 2027).
Jun 2027
40% confident
- CPT_23_63 Asset Valuation
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (47 months from contract start date → renewal expected by Dec 2027).
Dec 2027
60% confident
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (443)
CPT_23_02 financial audit temporary and permanent recruitment services
The National Audit Office (NAO) has awarded a £3.12 million contract to Allen Lane Limited to provide both temporary and permanent recruitment services for financial audit staff, split into two lots, over an initial two‑year period with possible extensions.
CPT_23_63 asset valuation
National Audit Office (NAO) awarded a contract to Montagu Evans LLP using Lot 5: Valuation and Compulsory Purchase Orders of Crown Commercial Services Estate Management Services fr
Service desk 2022-25
The NAO hired XMA Ltd to run an off‑site service desk and provide on‑site support staff at its London and Newcastle offices, under the CCS Technology Services 3 Framework, for a three‑year term with possible extensions.
Financial audit and assurance services
The National Audit Office (NAO) is the UK's independent public spending watchdog. We support Parliament in holding government to account and we help to improve public services thro
Penetration and security test
Penetration and Security testing Cyber Essentials Plus certification ITHC Penetration Test
Mobile voice & data
Mobile Voice & Data
Facilities - newcastle meeting room furniture
New meeting room furniture for Newcastle. Purchased via the YPO Framework Complete Office Solutions 697
Facilities - fire door works
Fire Door Remedial Works
KPMG DCMS group audit work for component auditors 2019-20
For Sports England, UK Sport, ACE, NLCF, which are components of the DCMS group accounts, audit of each component's consolidation pack (C-pack) and the submission of returns as set
Central reviews - GAD & mycsp 2020-21 - GT
Central review of GAD - Financial Audit - provision of assurance that GAD has the professional skills and expertise to provide the actuarial services relating to IAS 19 accounting
Recruitment agency partner for permanent and temporary roles
Recruitment Services
Oracle consultancy
consultancy to Understand than Deliver a solution to allow Oracle data to be exported from PARIS. Contract likely to be delivered inside of three months but set to a year in case o
VFM template consultancy
Supply of consultancy to assist with the VFM templates, includes: understand, design, implement and support
Press data media monitoring 2020-2024
Print, online and broadcast media monitoring service
NAO NED campaign
To source two new NEDs on the NAO Board
NAO external procurement assistance
To provide procurement assistance and specialist support as part of the organisational transformation programme in the below areas; • delivery strategy • requirement specification
Annual survey of mps 2020
Participation in Ipsos MORI survey of MPs for autumn/winter 2020
Coronavirus job retention scheme: survey of employees
HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs implemented the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and the Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) to support businesses and the sel
Linux support
supply of Linux support and maintenance services, primarily for the AIMS service
Trainers & coached faculty framework
Our new vision introduces principles which will ensure we: provide access to the learning our people need when they need it both through a blended classroom, virtual instructor led