Award

Service charge reconciliations

  • The Crown Estate

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Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-065101

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05cc17 (view related notices)

Published 14 October 2025, 11:29am



Scope

Description

Additional resources from Grant Thornton to support the service charge team clear the backlog of service charge reconciliations for

the London portfolio


Contract 1. Service charge reconciliations

Supplier

Contract value

  • £362,250 excluding VAT
  • £434,700 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

14 October 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 14 October 2025 to 31 March 2026
  • 5 months, 18 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

Extreme and unavoidable urgency

We have attempted to close this issue by other means - largely resourcing internally and using agencies. We are not able to clear the backlogs in time and need to do so before 31 March 2026. Therefore we need to appoint firms with dedicated resources available quickly.


Supplier

GRANT THORNTON UK LLP

  • Companies House: OC307742
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVBL-2249-QHWW

8 Finsbury Circus

London

EC2M 7EA

United Kingdom

Region: UKI31 - Camden and City of London

Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No

Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No

Contract 1. Service charge reconciliations


Contracting authority

The Crown Estate

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYYN-4743-GYVQ

1 St James Market

London

SW1Y 4AH

United Kingdom

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government