Audit and Assurance Services Dynamic Purchasing System
A Tender Notice
by COUNTESS OF CHESTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Dps (Services)
- Duration
- 4 year
- Value
- £2M
- Sector
- BUSINESS
- Published
- 05 Feb 2021
- Delivery
- To 15 Dec 2027 (est.)
- Deadline
- 08 Mar 2021 23:59
Concepts
Location
Chester
3 buyers
Description
The proposed DPS will include all forms of independent audit for UK public sector bodies, including statutory external audit requirements. Also in scope are are governance requirements including counter-fraud services and other independent assurance such as: • Assurance over non-financial information including but not limited to strategy, risk and corporate governance • Assurance over KPIs including but not limited to environmental reporting, sustainability reporting and workforce reporting • Compliance monitoring and risk management • Grant funding assurance including but not limited to programme reviews and impact assessments • Service auditor reports including but not limited to ISAE 3402 standards • Special purpose reviews and investigations • Tax compliance • Third party risk management including supply chain assurance • Well led governance reviews • Workforce audit services including but not limited to temporary, fixed term or permanent staffing (clinical and non-clinical)
Lot Division
| 1 |
Lot 1 Core Services • Advice on governance, risk management and controls including but not limited to o IT o Finance o Human resources; and o Facilities management • Benchmarking and quality assurance review of internal audit performance including external quality assessment • Development of internal audit strategy and/or methodologies • Outsourced, co-sourced or one-off internal audit services |
| 2 |
Lot 2 Core Services • External statutory audit to provide an independent assessment of financial statements • Advice on financial statements and related documents • Grant audits and certification |
| 3 |
Lot 3 Core Services • Advice and/or assessment of: o fraud awareness training and/or changes to legislation o fraud risk plan and/or support in improving risk management o fraud prevention and detection strategy o whistleblowing policies and procedures o approach to proactive testing in high risk areas • Fraud risk assessment and fraud maturity matrix • Use of technology including but not limited to data analytics to support the delivery of proactive counter-fraud services including fraud detection • Counter-fraud investigation Optional non-core Services in addition to the Core Services: • Corporate intelligence techniques • Financial irregularity investigations • Investigation of non-financial irregularities incl. regulatory breaches misconduct • Investigation of suspected fraud, bribery or corruption • Investigation of whistleblower allegations and tip offs • Forensic extraction and review of structured and unstructured digital evidence • Support to deliver criminal investigations in counter-fraud including capability to conduct interviews that are compliant with police criminal evidence legislation • Expert witness services • Use of data analytical technology tools and techniques to investigate fraud • Upskilling of new technology and techniques of fraud detection |
| 4 |
Lot 4 Core Services |
CPV Codes
- 79200000 - Accounting, auditing and fiscal services
- 79212200 - Internal audit services
- 79212000 - Auditing services
- 79212300 - Statutory audit services
- 79212400 - Fraud audit services
- 79700000 - Investigation and security services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Indicators
- An E-Auction may be used.
- Bids should cover one or more lots.
- Bids should cover the whole contract.
- Renewals are not available.
- Professional qualifications are sought.
- It is a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for many bidders.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
Electronic auctions may be used in further competitions. How to express interest and apply to this DPS: 1) browse to the esourcing portal https://www.nhssourcing.co.uk and click on view current opportunities. 2) select the title of the DPS. 3) review the Introduction and instructions, outline specification, pre-requisites and list of eligible users (you may do this without registering). 4) register your organisation on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once). 5) accept the portal terms and conditions and click ‘continue’, enter your organisation and user details; note the username you chose and click ‘Save’ when complete. You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure). 6) login to the portal with the username/password. 7) click the ‘PQQs/ITTs Open To All Suppliers’ link. (These are pre-qualification questionnaires or invitations to tender open to any registered supplier). 8) click on the relevant PQQ/ITT to access the content. 9) click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page. This will move the PQQ/ITT into your ‘My PQQs/My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only). You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ITT Details’ box. 10) Responding to the PQQ. Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining). You can now use the messages function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification. Note the deadline for completion, then follow the on-screen instructions to complete the PQQ. There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available). You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help, or contact the eTendering help desk.
Reference
- FTS 002416-2021