Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-08-09
Buyer: East Of England NHS Collaborative Hub
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 66171000 | 79200000 | 79210000 | 79212000 | 79212100
Submission deadline: 2019-09-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: EOECPH is seeking experienced, proven, innovative and agile providers to deliver multi-speciality audit services relevant to publicly funded bodies including but not limited to NHS.
This will include supply of external audit, internal audit, counter fraud services, internal audit and counter fraud services, workforce audit services, VAT audit services, local security management specialists and business/consultancy audit and financial services to compliment and support all other lots on the framework
This framework is for the benefit of publicly funded (wholly or partially funded) service delivery arenas, such as but not limited to (including combinations and variations) of:
(a) the financial aspects of the audited body’s corporate governance arrangements, as they relate to:
(c) aspects of the audited body’s arrangements to manage its performance, as they relate to economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of resources.
The provider will be expected to provide a full internal audit service, undertaking systems-based audits where feasible. The main responsibility of that service will be to provide the board (through its audit committee) with assessments of the effectiveness of the contracting authority’s system of internal control which can be relied on by external auditors for their annual governance statement.
The internal auditors will report to the Director of finance and performance but will also have direct access to the audit committee. It is recognised that an effective control system reduces the likelihood that errors or irregularities will occur and remain undetected; however, it does not eliminate that possibility. It is also recognised that the provider’s work does not guarantee that errors or irregularities will not occur and may not detect errors or irregularities which do occur.
All publicly funded contracting bodies require high quality counter fraud services, which meet the service delivery and reporting requirements specifically relevant to their organisation, ensuring that the publicly funded entity as contracting authority, obtains value for money whilst providing its core role and responsibilities.
The provider will be expected to take on any additional duties during the contract period arising from legislative changes and directives relating to counter fraud, subject to the agreement as to the impact of new requirements on the agreed counter fraud plan, and will ensure the necessary levels of professional independence and objectivity.
Provision of combined internal audit and counter fraud services will not be directly evaluated. A tenderer’s scores for Lot 2 and Lot 3 will be combined to calculate the tenderers Lot 4 score. Providers whose bid submission is suitable for award in their own right for Lot 2 and Lot 3 will be considered for Lot 4, where so identified by the bidder as part of their submission.
The workforce audit lot will comprise of service delivery requirements, including but not limited to the following areas:
— temporary, fixed term and permanent staffing including non-clinical, temporary and fixed-term staff,
— staff bank suppliers including both technology and practical delivery and flexible resource pool — staff bank,
— international recruitment staffing programmes including international healthcare professionals recruitment and associated services,
The scope and extent of the audit requirements will be defined by the contracting authority. Audits may include but are not limited to the following areas of staffing supplier operations or company credentials: