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title: "NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System - External Audit Services"
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# NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System - External Audit Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-integrated-care-system-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf28). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System: "NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System - External Audit Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £15,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [HealthTrust Europe LLP (HTE) acting on behalf of NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/healthtrust-europe-llp-hte-acting-on-behalf-of-nhs-cheshire--GB-FTS-124620)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £15,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Auditing services, Business and management consultancy services, Financial auditing services, Statutory audit services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cf28`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nhs-cheshire-and-merseyside-integrated-care-system-external-audit-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf28#tl-md)

## Description
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System are seeking supplier engagement for their procurement of External Audit services. 
Suppliers should contact sinead.joseph@htepg.com to register their interest. 
A survey 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. Surveys must be completed by 24th January 2025 at 12 noon.
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. 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 79212000, 79212100, 79212300
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System are seeking supplier engagement for their procurement of External Audit services. 
Suppliers should contact sinead.joseph@htepg.com to register their interest. A survey (electronic questionnaire) wil...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000878-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-10T15:03:33.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:03:30.542Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cf28