Pictured: David Chapman
International accountancy firm Mazars, which has offices in
Birmingham, Nottingham and Wolverhampton, is working with DA
Partnership in its bid for Audit Commission tenders.
The Government is disbanding the Audit Commission and new
contracts to private sector organisations will be awarded in
February 2012 with staff transferring to the successful bidders in
October 31 next year.
The audit work of the outgoing Audit Commission will be
outsourced in ten lots grouped in four English regions, with total
contracts valued at around £89.4 million. The contracts will
covers all the audited bodies in a geographical area.
Contracts to be awarded in the Midlands region are likely to
total £8.9 million for the West Midlands and £7.8
million for the East Midlands.
Midlands managing partner David Chapman said: "We are pleased to
announce that Mazars is working with DA Partnership in its bid for
Audit Commission tenders - a strategic alliance that combines the
leadership and public audit expertise of Audit Commission staff
with the commercial and technical capability of Mazars."
DA Partnership is an employee-owned organisation formed to bid
for the audit work being tendered by the Audit Commission.
Mazars public services partner Mike Attenborough-Cox and Gareth
Davies, managing director-designate of DA Partnership will lead the
joint team through the bid process.
Gareth Davies said: "Our aim is to provide a competitive bid so
that we can create a vibrant new employee-owned firm to offer high
quality audit and advisory services across the public sector.
"We are delighted to be working on the bid with Mazars who will
add huge value to our proposal. If our bid is successful, we look
forward to offering our clients the benefits our alliance will
generate."
David Chapman said: "DA Partnership is an exciting venture that
would retain a critical mass of public audit expertise for the
benefit of public bodies and taxpayers.
"We are excited that they have chosen to work with Mazars. It is
a significant endorsement of our expertise and integrity and
creates an offer for the public sector that provides the best of
both commercial and public sector auditing expertise and
skills."