DefenceSector

Chartered Accountants providing cost assurance on major open book contracts

DefenceSector

The Orange Partnership

Defence

For a decade, The Orange Partnership has been a trusted partner for global clients seeking cost certainty on critical and complex defined cost contracts in defence and aerospace.

Within this highly regulated industry, ensuring security, safety, and collaboration are paramount. That’s why The Orange Partnership team of security-vetted experts is a good fit and the go-to assurance provider of choice for high-risk, complex contracts. Our team offers independence, experience, and audit know-how to help clients achieve confidence over cost and strengthen working relationships with their valuable supply chain.

We are proud to have worked extensively in this sector over the last ten years with a number of UK major clients including BAE Systems.  Within defence our focus is on assuring costs on the highest complexity open book contractual issues working alongside their day-to-day general QS commercial teams.

At our core, we believe in delivering the highest quality work and building long-lasting relationships with our clients. We are committed to providing cost-effective solutions that meet our clients’ current and emerging assurance needs.

The TOP Approach

Our ‘risk-based, Agile audit approach advocates adaptive planning, early delivery, continuous improvement and encourages flexible responses to change.  This also allows us to provide insights to our clients utilising the vast array of IT tools we use to make our audit work efficient and visual.

Our unique forensic approach and deep sector experience means we are able to very quickly but thoroughly assess areas of greatest risk of overcharging arising through poor processes and controls and gain consensus for a pragmatic and proportionate action plan for improvement.

Our work is very time efficient so we can very quickly mobilise audit resources to meet a pressing need around an emerging risk.

How we can help

  • Strategic reviews of current assurance provision
  • People actualisation audits
  • Project overspend reviews
  • Assurance over defined cost accuracy
  • Contractor set up and financial control reviews
  • Reviews of high value, high risk second tier subcontractors
  • Upskilling of in-house commercial staff and external Cost Consultants in best practice audit

Recognised Experts

Specialist Services

Who we work with

Our Clients

National Highways
EDF Energy
Southern Water
Heathrow Airport
Sellafield

Key Contacts

Our People

Darren Ward

"What makes us different to other consultants is that we understand numbers and financial controls as well as construction."

Darren Ward

Managing Director

Contact

T: 07970 809303 / 01926 358339
E: darrenward@theorangepartnership.co.uk

Expertise

Defined cost audit strategy / Complex commercial issues
Mega project audit programmes / Defined cost training and workshops

Joanna Bell

"It's important to retain the trust of the contractor under review, and to highlight the benefits the audit brings to both parties"

Joanna Bell

Director

Contact

T: 07743 323120 / 01926 358339
E: joannabell@theorangepartnership.co.uk

Expertise

Defined cost audit programme development / NEC Contracts and alliancing arrangements
People cost reviews / Deep sector knowledge of water, aviation and civil nuclear