PSAA news

  1. PSAA appoints new Board Members

    PSAA is pleased to announce the appointment of two new Board members. Fraser McKinlay joined the Board on 1 February 2022 and brings deep knowledge of public audit to the Board having worked for Audit Scotland from 2005 to 2021 in senior roles including Controller of Audit and Director of Performance Audit and Best Value. […]

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  2. Press release:  PSAA launches its procurement of Audit Services

    PSAA has today launched a major procurement of audit services for local government bodies. The aim is to enable independent auditor appointments to all of the local bodies that opt in to PSAA’s national scheme for the five-year period spanning audits of the financial years 2023/2024 to 2027/2028.  The procurement is designed to encourage and […]

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  3. News release: market engagement with potential suppliers (November 2021)

    This week we held our first market engagement webinar with potential suppliers for our 2022 audit services procurement. We walked through and took questions on the procurement strategy outlining our current thinking on lot structure, bidding rules, the basis for bid pricing and the indicative timescales. We were delighted to welcome representatives from registered local […]

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  4. PSAA publishes its prospectus and procurement strategy and invites eligible bodies to opt in from April 2023

    On 22 September 2021 PSAA invited all principal local government including police and fire bodies to become opted-in authorities. At the same time it published its procurement strategy and prospectus for the national scheme from April 2023.  Both documents have evolved in response to the feedback provided by the market engagement exercise and consultation on […]

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  5. PSAA response to MHCLG (now DLUHC) Local Audit Framework: Technical Consultation

    PSAA has responded to the DLUHC* consultation on the Local Audit Framework Local audit framework: technical consultation. It covered ‘proposals to implement the independent Redmond Review of local authority financial reporting and external audit.’ It builds on Department’s Spring Report Local authority financial reporting and external audit: Spring update. PSAA is committed to supporting the […]

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