Published date: 10 January 2025
Closed early engagement
Contract summary
Industry
Business and management consultancy services - 79410000
Location of contract
North West
Procurement reference
tender_443401/1440989
Published date
10 January 2025
Closing date
24 January 2025
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System are seeking supplier engagement for their procurement of External Audit services.
Provider collaboratives are partnerships that bring together multiple NHS trusts (providers of NHS services including hospitals and mental health services) to work together at scale, and the ICS is seeking Suppliers who can aid their objectives including sharing best practice, increasing standardisation, reducing costs and reducing variation.
Suppliers should contact sinead.joseph@htepg.com to register their interest. A survey (electronic questionnaire) will be provided for the supplier to complete as required by the ICS. Clarification meetings may be held with Suppliers to clarify any of their responses.
The Contracting Authorities that this exercise is in relation to is listed below. Please note that these Contracting Authorities may change:
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Health Procurement Liverpool
Liverpool Heart and Chest NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust
The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The initial intention and scope of this PIN is for 4-5 NHS Trusts within the ICS to obtain external audit services, however this is subject to change.
These include the below:
- Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Surveys must be completed by 24th January 2025 at 12 noon.
Details on the ICS services and location can be found: https://www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/about/nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside/
This is NOT a call for competition, no other documents are available at this stage, this notice is to seek supplier input to the market and provide details of their services in order for a strategy to be determined for the ICS. The outcome of any market research will inform their renewal options.
About the buyer
Contact name
Sinead Joseph
Address
HealthTrust Europe, 19 George Road
Birmingham
B15 1NU
England
Telephone
08458875000
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