External Audit Services for East Kent Hospitals Charity

2gether Support Solutions provides facilities, property, procurement and professional services in the South East. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts, has social values at its core. 2gether is acting as the procuring agent for, and behalf of, East Kent Hospitals Charity, whom are looking to appoint a suitably experienced and capable external audit service provider to carry out the following activity:

• Accounts to be prepared under Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) and Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 102 requirements relating to Audit Year 2022-23 and the audit should be timely after the year end of the Charity (31/03/2023) and support the Charity Commission's timeline for submission of the 31 January 2024

The Contract term is one year, but with option to extend for further audit years, +1, +1 years

Further information about the requirements, including how the contract will be awarded, is available from the procurement documents.

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, via the BravoSolutions e-Tendering system, website address: https://commercialsolutions.bravosolution.co.uk

Additional information:

Professional, competent and suitably experienced external audit service providers wishing to Bid should:

• i)access the e-Tendering system
• ii)click "View current opportunities and notices"
• iii)register for interest in the itt_4399 - External Audit Services for East Kent Hospitals Charity.
• iv)download the documents available from the Attachments section and thereafter, follow the instructions contained therein.
• v)if wishing to bid, accurately and fully complete the e-Tendering portal's Qualification and Technical Envelopes and submit your Tender by no later than 15:00 on Thursday, 27th April 2023.

2gether Support Solutions reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this notice.