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Published 16 Aug 2024, 13:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Audit and Assurance Services

Official notice

Authority: Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£350,000≈ £70k / year
Submissions closed 16 Sept 2024
Contract term 5 yrsends 1 Nov 2029 · extension options published · starts 1 Nov 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ASW Assurance is the largest provider of specialist internal audit, assurance and consultancy services to NHS healthcare organisations in the South West. We are dedicated to helping improve governance and ultimately the quality and safety of patient care. About Us | ASW Assurance | Internal Audit, Counter Fraud & Consultancy Services<br/>The Authority has a requirement for delivery partner(s) to work with us to provide specialist Digital Audit and Assurance services support with internal audit and assurance Head of Opinion and value added work, with the option to draw on internal audit when the market place for such niche roles is weak or reduced.

CPV: Computer audit and testing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1We are looking for a delivery partner(s) to work with us to provide specialist Digital…Renewal 5 yrsPublished value£70,000

We are looking for a delivery partner(s) to work with us to provide specialist Digital Audit services support with internal audit and assurance Head of Opinion and value-added work, with the option to draw on internal audit when the marketplace for such niche roles is weak or reduced. <br/><br/>We are looking for this partner(s) to provide to up 100 days per annum of internal audit and assurance specialist Digital Audit resource per annum (subject to agreed need) across a range of specialist opinion and value added audit and assurance assignments which will be agreed as part of the annual Audit Planning process with the flexibility to request internal audit resource on an “as and when” basis to cover gaps in staff resource caused by high levels of sickness and staff turnover.

Contract period: 1 Nov 2024 – 1 Nov 2029 (5 yrs)
Delivery: South West · Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust<br/><br/>Regent House<br/><br/>Regent Close<br/><br/>Torquay, TQ2 7AN
Extensions: This contract has two (2) 12 Month extension options after the initial 3 years.Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
16 Aug 2024, 13:49 BST
Last source update
16 Aug 2024, 13:49 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
TSDFT507
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026139
Classification (CPV)
Computer audit and testing services
Delivery area
South West (UKK42)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

16 Aug 2024 → 16 Jan 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Bids opened
    16 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    16 Aug 2024, 13:49 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    16 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Nov 2024
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    16 Jan 2025, 23:59 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Torbay Hospital Lowes Bridge, Torquay, South West, TQ2 7AAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria