Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Internal Audit, Counter Fraud and Security Management Services for Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
Authority: NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing publication of a voluntary ex ante transparency notice on the 19th January and conclusion of the 10 days standstill period the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board's (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority") is to award a contract (for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the Authority), to award a contract for Internal Audit, Counter Fraud and Security Management Services under Regulation 32 (2) (c) to TIAA Limited for a period of 24 months commencing 1st April 2024 with the option to extend for a further 12 months.
The Authority have observed a 10-day standstill from the date of publication of the VEAT.
CPV: Financial auditing services · Fraud audit services · Statutory audit services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2024, 14:20 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Jan 2024, 18:13 GMT
- Authority reference
ACE-0730-2023-MSE- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003278- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e8dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Existing provider has reduced inadvertently cut back their resources due to financial climate which has had a major negative impact on their internal audit service delivered to the authority, creating a situation where there is not the workforce to deliver a robust / satisfactory internal audit. The incumbent has confirmed they are unable to continue with the contract post the natural contract expiry (31st March 2024).
In the interim the incumbent has sought additional capacity from elsewhere, and an agreement has been made by the incumbent and the authority's existing contract) to continue with the remainder of the contract term on this basis, but with a significantly reduced scope of service, focusing on those crucial audits required in Q3 particularly, to keep the authority safe.
The Authority is in a position where they need to secure a new Internal Audit contract from 1st April 24. There is a desire to work with existing system partners within the ICS given the strategic direction for the ICB and collaborative partners within the system. However, at this time the collaborative approach has not been possible or economically viable.
Given the existing provider has notified the ICB of risks to ongoing effective delivery/performance of this statutory service, and significantly reduced service is being proposed in order to cover basics (keeping ICB safe), the ICB can rely on Regulation 32 (2) (c) "insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with."
The ICB published a VEAT to provide information and has waited until the 10 day standstill has concluded and will now conclude the award of contract.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £311,892, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Provision of Internal Audit, Counter Fraud and Security Management Services for Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Contract 003278-2024-1
- Signed
- 16 Jan 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- TIAA LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.