The Provision of External Audit Services on behalf of NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group

Contract summary

Industry

• Accounting and auditing services - 79210000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£127,500

Procurement reference

EU-Supply ID 24693 - NHS Shared Business Services

Published date

8 February 2017

Closing date

15 August 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The aim of the Mini Competition/Invitation to Quote (ITQ) for The Provision of External Audit Services on behalf of NHS Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group was to provide a service which meets the requirements of the Local Accountability Act 2014:
• an auditor panel must be appointed to advise on the appointments (Part 3 section 8 and 9 of the Act)
• a local (external) auditor must be appointed to audit the annual accounts by 31 December of the preceding year (Part 3, section 7(1) of the Act)
• an external auditor must be eligible for appointment in line with the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) requirements (Part 4 and Schedule 5 of the Act)
• the appointment can be for longer than a year but there must be a new appointment at least once every 5 years (Part 3, section 7(2) of the Act)
• an auditor can be re-appointed for further terms (Part 3, section 7(3) of the Act).

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More information

Additional text

This ITQ was run by NHS Shared Business Services on behalf of the CCG as a mini-competition using Lot 5.4 of the ConsultancyOne Framework Agreement.

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Award information

Awarded date

10 October 2016

Contract start date

1 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Total value of contract

£127,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Grant Thornton UK LLP

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About the buyer

Contact name

Rachael Frank

Address

NHS SBS
Salford
M50 2UW
England

Email

Rachael_Frank@nhs.net