Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
COUNTY DURHAM AND DARLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
220993214
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
DL36HX
UK
Contact person: Beverley Cook
Telephone: +44 1915692892
E-mail: procurement.support@nhs.net
NUTS: UKC13
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://cddft.nhs.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Healthcare
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Darlington Memorial Hospital, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, DL3 6HX Contract Title: Provision of External Audit via CCS framework RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services Framework Lot 2 External audit
Reference number: SP1888
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212300
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
County Durham and Darlington NHSFT has a requirement for the provision of an external auditing service, in accordance with the Code of Audit Practice issued by the National Audit Office and applicable auditing standards
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
319 020.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79212000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
County Durham and Darlington NHSFT has a requirement for the provision of an external auditing service, in accordance with the Code of Audit Practice issued by the National Audit Office and applicable auditing standards.
There were no bids received for CDDFT Audit opportunity on after open tender supplier feedback indicated the lack of capacity in the current market.
Therefore, the decision was made at executive level to direct award to Deloitte LLP via Crown Commercial Services framework RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services Framework Lot 2 External audit, to ensure the Trust audit commitments were deliverable.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The most appropriate procurement process to meet the requirement was an above threshold open procedure, which was advertised as an opportunity in 2024. There was no response so decision was made to direct award to Deloitte as they expressed interest do the audit. Therefore CCS framework RM6188 Audit & Assurance Services Framework Lot 2 External audit was utilised to Direct award Deloitte.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/04/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deloitte LLP
OC303675
Newcastle
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 319 020.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of Justice
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/08/2025