Provision of External Audit

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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. Lot 1: 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. THe CCG's in Mid & South Essex geograpy and West Essex are moving to create an Integrated Care System by April 2022. The current external audt contract expired on 31st March 2021 and the commissioners believe it is inappropriate to commence procurement in this period of organisational chnage; its the intention of the newly formed system to seek a new a new external audit partner over the coming months to commence a new contract from 1st July 2022.