COV - Accounts Payable Recovery Audit (2026)
Estimated Value
Up to £0
Deadline
17 June 2026
Published
29 May 2026
Type
Audit Services
Overview
The Council is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced and qualified supplier to deliver a comprehensive Accounts Payable recovery audit. The purpose of the audit is to identify, validate and recover monies owed to the Council, while also providing insight into root causes and opportunities for continuous improvement.
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A council needs to hire someone to do a detailed audit of their accounts payable system to find money they're owed, check if those amounts are correct, and recover it. You'll also need to identify why these debts happened and suggest ways to prevent them in future.
Requirements
- Suitably experienced and qualified supplier (specific qualifications to be detailed in full tender documents)
- Experience delivering accounts payable recovery audits
- Ability to validate outstanding monies owed to the Council
- Capability to identify root causes of payment issues
- Ability to provide continuous improvement recommendations
Key Tasks & Deliverables
- Conduct comprehensive audit of all outstanding accounts payable
- Identify and validate monies owed to the Council
- Recover identified debts on behalf of the Council
- Analyse root causes of why money is owed and not yet recovered
- Provide recommendations for continuous improvement to prevent future issues
- Deliver findings and insights in a report to the Council
How to Read This Tender
- 1Check the full tender documents for specific audit scope — find out exactly which systems, time periods, and transaction volumes are included so you can cost it properly
- 2Look for 'Key Performance Indicators' or success measures — councils often specify how much money they expect to recover or what timeline they want, which affects your approach and pricing
- 3Identify whether the Council wants you to actually collect the debt or just identify it — debt recovery requires different skills and relationships than just auditing
- 4Search for 'Social Value' scoring criteria — many councils now ask suppliers to demonstrate benefits to the local community, so understand how they'll score this
- 5Check insurance and liability requirements — audits involving financial recovery typically need professional indemnity insurance
Tips for Small Businesses
- If you don't have in-house debt recovery expertise, consider partnering with a larger firm as a subcontractor — councils often prefer established recovery processes but may accept consortium bids
- Prepare case studies showing previous accounts payable audits you've done and how much money you've recovered — councils will want evidence you've done this successfully before
- Budget time for discovery meetings with the Council's finance team to understand their systems and historical issues before submitting your price — this will make your bid more accurate and competitive than generic quotes
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Key Dates
Published
29 May 2026
Submission deadline
17 June 2026
Notice type
Tender
Source
council:coventry-solihull-warwickshire-jets
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