---
title: "External Audit services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0471d2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST"
published: "2024-06-21"
---

# External Audit services

Buyer: ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0471d2

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## Summary

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust has completed the procurement process for External Audit services through a limited award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. This service was directly awarded to Ernst & Young LLP to maintain continuity during the transition and development of healthcare services. The contract, with a value of £1,017,879, was signed on June 13, 2024, and is currently active.

This tender offers business opportunities in the services sector, specifically for companies providing statutory audit services. Suitable businesses would need to have expertise in external audit services and a track record in delivering similar services to public sector bodies. The procurement process, led by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, aims to ensure the quality and reliability of audit services for the trust and its associated healthcare initiatives in Hampshire and Isle of Wight.

## Notice

Provision of External Audit services for Isle of Wight NHS Trust

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of External Audit services for Isle of Wight NHS Trust. Direct awarded via Lot 1 of the NHS Shared Business Services Internal and External Audit, Counter Fraud, and Financial Assurance Services framework (ref SBS/20/MA/ZY/10024).

Options: 2 x 12 months to 31/03/2028

### Procurement Information

Direct award to EY to maintain continuity of service provider during the transition and development of both the Acute Partnership between Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust; and the migration of certain services from Isle of Wight NHS Trust as part of the creation of the new Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019164-2024 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Jun 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,017,879 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ISLE OF WIGHT NHS TRUST |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Post town | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO30 5TG |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |
| Local authority | Isle of Wight |
| Electoral ward | Parkhurst & Hunnyhill |
| Westminster constituency | Isle of Wight West |
| Delivery location | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ERNST & YOUNG |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79212300 - Statutory audit services

## Release History

- 21 Jun 2024 at 11:22 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019164-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.iow.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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