Awarded contract

2038 External Audit Service for NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB

Details

Value
£832,500
Duration
3 years
Topic
Statutory audit services
Published
10 June 2026

Tender description

Provision of External Audit Service for NHS Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board. While this is advertised for NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, the ICB is requesting responses on behalf of itself i.e. NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Integrated Care Board, NHS Cambridgeshire & Peterborough (C&P) Integrated Care Board and Hertfordshire region of NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex (HWE) Integrated Care Board. As part of the ongoing organisational changes the three ICB regions will come together and transition to form a new organisation Central East Integrated Care Board. It is anticipated that a new organisation, Central East ICB will be in place from 1st April 2026. This contract will therefore be novated during its lifetime from NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB to Central East ICB. This was procured using Crown Commercial Services RM6310 Provision of Audit and Assurance Services - Lot 2 External Audit.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 April 2026
  2. Completed: Award published10 June 2026
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2029in 2 years

About the buyer

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board was an integrated care board based in Luton. The board merged into NHS Central East Integrated Care Board on 1 April 2026.

Healthcare services were procured under the Provider Selection Regime, which came into force on 1 January 2024. The regime offers three routes: direct award, most suitable provider and a competitive process.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board's contract awards have been in health and social work, education and training, and software and information systems.

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