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# Provision of External Audit

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02a6b3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group: "Provision of External Audit". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Castle Point & Rochford Clinical Commissioning Group](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/castle-point-rochford-clinical-commissioning-group-GB-FTS-11387)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Accounting and auditing services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £380,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02a6b3`

## 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/provision-of-external-audit-ocds-h6vhtk-02a6b3#tl-md)

## Description
This 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete

- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** This 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 Commissio...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 008002-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **KPMG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-OC301540`
  - Value: £380,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 009021-2021-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **KPMG**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-OC301540`
  - Value: £380,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** 009021-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £380,000
  - Signed Date: 26/04/2021

- **Contract:** 008002-2021-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £380,000
  - Signed Date: 13/04/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009021-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-27T14:05:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T02:47:49.747Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02a6b3