Notice Information
Notice Title
NHS Bristol North Somerset South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board (ICB) forthe procurement for the provision of the External Audit Services
Notice Description
All NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are required to appoint their own external auditors, and as such NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) ICB required a comprehensive and efficient External Audit Service (EAS), who would assist in meeting their roles and responsibilities, whilst maintaining the necessary level of professional independence. A further competition against the Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS), Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework (RM6188) was run. Contract 1st June 2025- 31st May 2028, with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. Total value of the contract PS1,169,400.00 This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
Lot Information
Lot 1
All NHS Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) are required to appoint their own external auditors, and as such NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) ICB required a comprehensive and efficient External Audit Service (EAS), who would assist in meeting their roles and responsibilities, whilst maintaining the necessary level of professional independence. A further competition against the Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS), Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework (RM6188) was run. Contract 1st June 2025- 31st May 2028, with the option to extend for up to a further 24 months. Total value of the contract PS1,169,400.00 This exercise was carried out by NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit (SCW) on behalf of the Commissioner.
Options: Up to a further 24 months.
Procurement Information
The services are deemed to be subject to the full regime of procurement legislation and as such this tender was conducted in accordance with, and governed by, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e1a0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074042-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79212000 - Auditing services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,169,400 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Nov 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Jan 20251 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NHS BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET AND SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE INTEGRATED CARE BOARD
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- scwcsu.scwprocurement.bnssg@nhs.net
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS1 6AG
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- TLK1 Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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