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[DateDispatch]: 28-03-2022

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Preliminary Data

Type of contract: Services
Procedure: Other
Awarded Procedure Type: Other

Contact information

Official name: One Gloucestershire
Url: https://www.onegloucestershire.net/
Address line 1: Gloucestershire Shared Service For NHS
Address line 2:Victoria Warehouse, The Docks
Town: Gloucester
Postal Code: GL1 2EL
Country: England
Contact person: Edward Taylor
E-mail: edward.taylor1@nhs.net
Phone: +44 0300 422 2651

Contract information

Title attributed to the contract: Provision of an Internal Audit and Assurance Service for One Gloucestershire
Description:

This procurement was undertaken as a further competition utilising the Crown Commercial Service Framework Ref RM6188  Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS) - Lot 1 Internal Audit and Assurance.  The NHS Authorities within One Gloucestershire have appointed  a comprehensive internal audit and assurance service that will assist the Authorities in meeting their roles and responsibilities, whilst maintaining the necessary level of professional independence.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Authorities undertook a collaborative exercise to appoint a single provider, via individual contracts, to provide standardisation of these services within the Gloucestershire region.
The three NHS Authority's contracting as One Gloucestershire under this collaborative exercise are:
- NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG)
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC)
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT)

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
79212000   Auditing services
79212110   Corporate governance rating services
79212200   Internal audit services

Dates
Expire date: 04/02/2022 12:00
Contract start date: 05/02/2022
Contract end date: 06/02/2022

Values
Lowest value: 200000
Highest value: 500000

Complementary information

Is this suitable for SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)?:
Is this suitable for VCSE (Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise)?:

Region(s)
South West

Additional Details

Attachment 0
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=42438&B=NHSSW

The exercise was undertaken within the  NHS South West Portal, where bidders were required to register in order to take part and to access the tender documents.
Attachment 1
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/45644

Gloucestershire Shared Services for NHS, hosted by GHNHSFT (Hosted by Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) led the procurement on behalf of One Gloucestershire. 

Award Information

Awarded Date: 15/03/2022
Awarded Value: 1,100,100.00
Contract start date: 01/04/2022
Contract end date: 31/03/2027

Supplier Information 0
Supplier's name:
BDO LLP
Supplier's address:
Arcadia House Maritime Walk Ocean Village Southampton SO14 3TL
Contact person:
Adam Spires – Partner
DUNS number of supplier:
Additional information:
Company registration number: OC305127 Each Authority's contract splits out as: GHFT £399,000 (maximum term) GHC £380,000 (maximum term) GCCG £321,100 (maximum term)

AnnexD

This is a mini-competition under Crown Commercial Service Framework Ref RM6188  Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS) - Lot 1 Internal Audit and Assurance.
Only those suppliers whom were awarded to this framework and in accordance with the framework terms and call off documents were eligible to participate in this exercise.
As per the NAO defined conflict of interest, the Authorities incumbent provider(s) for provision of External Audit services were not eligible for award of this contract. 
(a).	KPMG – External audit provider to GHC
(b).	Deloites – External audit provider to GHFT
(c).	Grant Thornton UK LLP – External audit provider to GCCG