ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance

Description

This notice is to alert bidders to a call for competition for the DESNZ; ECO4 Fraud and Error Assurance.

The specification and tender documents are published on the DESNZ Jaggaer portal https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/go/088750560193450A2C5E

The maximum value and length for this contract is £495,000 exc VAT over 5 months. However, bidders are encouraged to highlight where efficiencies in time and cost can be made in their bid.

DESNZ is seeking to commission a comprehensive review of fraud and error risks in ECO4, and of the capability of current delivery systems for managing those risks. The department wants to better understand the extent to which the scheme is providing support to the correct households and properties to enable evidence-based future policy design and best practice in delivery management.

The awarded supplier will be expected to provide all the necessary resource and capability, and have sufficient capacity to manage the work required including, but not limited, to the following key areas:
	- Data and document analysis.
	- Industry knowledge, specifically retrofit, low carbon heating and energy efficiency installation through the construction industry.
	- Understanding in similar/comparable scheme/project delivery. Familiarity with government schemes and ideally energy supplier obligation schemes would be beneficial. 
	- Ability to conduct a low number of on-site audits of domestic properties and installation of funded measures (with national cover) to validate hypotheses around risks.
	- Gathering and analysing relevant information, data, accounts, audits, project management artefacts and other relevant information sources. 
	- Business analysis (including understanding structure, policies and operations, identifying business need, determining solutions) and process modelling.
	- Fraud management, analysis, detection and prevention. 
	- Working knowledge and experience of application of Counter Fraud Functional Standard (GovS 013) requirements.
	- Interview design and analysis. 
	- Ability to recognise issues and their potential and ranked impact to make actionable recommendations both through regular and ad-hoc collaborative meetings and in final reporting with DESNZ