Official UK procurement notice
Provision of External Audit
Authority: Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group (NHS & healthcare)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis Contract Award notice follows on from the Voluntary Ex-Anti Notice of the 16th April. The contract has awarded a short term contract to its incumbent provider, KPMG for the provision of external audit services to the following Clinical Commissioning Groups located in Essex: Castle Point & Rochford CCG, Basildon & Brentwood CCG, Mid Essex CCG, Southend CCG, Thurrock CCG and West Essex CCG.
CPV: Accounting and auditing services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Apr 2021, 09:04 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Apr 2021, 15:05 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-009021- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a6b3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Mid and South Essex CCG's and West Essex CCG are currently moving towards creating an Integrated Care System, which initially involves the merging of the five CCG's in Mid & South Essex, and with respect of West Essex CCG its current integration with Hertfordshire CCG's . The external audit services is predicated on organisational structure to satisfy the regulations and to provide appropriate reports to confirm organisational propriety. s a short term solution, as the current contract as expired, whilst this significant organisational changes is taking place it would be inappropriate and short-sighted to carry out a competitive process. It is intended that a procurement process will commence over the coming months, so that organisational structures can be determined and existing audit of current structures concluded.
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated27 Apr 2021, 15:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| KPMG | £380,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| KPMG | £380,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- CASTLE POINT & ROCHFORD CLINCAL COMMISSIONING GROUPContracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- KPMGAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.