# The Provision of External Audit Services

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Shared Business Services](/buyers/nhs-shared-business-services/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Grant Thornton](/contract-winners/grant-thornton/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £830,000
- Award date: 19 December 2016
- Published: 26 January 2017
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 5f12318c-63e2-4f5c-81ec-54fa9da38df1-121818
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-decf292b-9020-4162-b2f1-4ecc7d111fc0

## Description

The aim of this Mini Competition is to provide a service which meets the requirements of the Local Accountability Act 2014: • an auditor panel must be appointed to advise on the appointments \(Part 3 section 8 and 9 of the Act\) • a local \(external\) auditor must be appointed to audit the annual accounts by 31 December of the preceding year \(Part 3, section 7\(1\) of the Act\) • an external auditor must be eligible for appointment in line with the Financial Reporting Council's \(FRC\) requirements \(Part 4 and Schedule 5 of the Act\) • the appointment can be for longer than a year but there must be a new appointment at least once every 5 years \(Part 3, section 7\(2\) of the Act\) • an auditor can be re-appointed for further terms \(Part 3, section 7\(3\) of the Act\)\. It will supply the following Clinical Commissioning Groups \(CCGs\): NHS Central Manchester CCG, NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG, NHS North Manchester CCG, NHS Salford CCG, NHS South Manchester CCG, NHS Trafford CCG, NHS Wigan Borough CCG\. Additional information: This ITQ was run as a mini-competition off the NHS Shared Business Services Internal/External audit, Counter Fraud & Well Led Governance Review framework agreement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5f12318c-63e2-4f5c-81ec-54fa9da38df1-121818)