Provision of Internal Audit and Assurance Services for One Gloucestershire

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NHS South West - Acutes awarded a contract to BDO LLP for the provision of a comprehensive internal audit and assurance service to the NHS Authorities within One Gloucestershire.

The procurement was conducted as a further competition under the Crown Commercial Service Framework Ref RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS) - Lot 1 Internal Audit and Assurance.

The three NHS Authorities contracting as One Gloucestershire under this collaborative exercise are NHS Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (GCCG), Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHFT).

The service is intended to assist the Authorities in meeting their roles and responsibilities while maintaining the necessary level of professional independence.

The Authorities undertook a collaborative exercise to appoint a single provider, via individual contracts, to provide standardisation of these services within the Gloucestershire region.

The contract value is AUD 1,100,100.