| Dear Freedom of Information Officer, | ||||||||||||||||
| I would like to request information under the Freedom of Information Act. | ||||||||||||||||
| Could you please send me contract information relating to Banking Services, Audit Services and Card Processing Services. If you do not understand what each of these mean please see below: | ||||||||||||||||
| · Banking Services- contract information relating to the organisation banking services. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Contract Category: | National contract held by NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Existing Supplier | The CCG is mandated to use this provider. Natwest (GBS - Government Banking Services) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Contract Description: | All banking services provided - Payment runs, bank account maintainance, cheque provision, banking mandates | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Annual Average Spend | See (1) National contract held by NHSE - Only charges incurred by CCG, monthly bank charges, circa £70 per month. | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Contract Duration: | Information not held by the CCG - Held centrally within NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Contract Start Date: | Information not held by the CCG - Held centrally within NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Contract Expiry: | Information not held by the CCG - Held centrally within NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Contract Review Date: | Information not held by the CCG - Held centrally within NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Contact Details: | Information not held by the CCG - Held centrally within NHS England. | |||||||||||||||
| · Card Processing Services / Merchant services- a wide range of payment processing options. Most automatically associate merchant services with debit and credit card processing. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Contract Category: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Existing Supplier | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Contract Description: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Annual Average Spend | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Contract Duration: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Contract Start Date: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Contract Expiry: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Contract Review Date: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Contact Details: | The CCG has no facility / or use for this process | |||||||||||||||
| · Audit Services (Financial) – contract relating to internal and external audit services. | ||||||||||||||||
| (External Audit) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Contract Category: | External Audit Services | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Existing Supplier | KPMG | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Contract Description: | External Audit of year end accounts / Value for Money Audit. | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Annual Average Spend | £68,000 (inclusive of Vat) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Contract Duration: | Continuation from when the organisation was a Primary Care Trust. | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Contract Start Date: | 01.04.2013 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Contract Expiry: | 31.12.2016 | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Contract Review Date: | The CCG has a repsonsbility to ensure External audit are appointed for January 2017. | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Contact Details: | Chief Finance Officer for Rotherham CCG. | |||||||||||||||
| (Internal Audit) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Contract Category: | Internal Audit Services | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Existing Supplier | 360 Assurance | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Contract Description: | All internal Audit services, control processes, governance | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Annual Average Spend | £39,330 (Inclusive of Vat) | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Contract Duration: | Yearly SLA | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Contract Start Date: | 01.04.2013 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Contract Expiry: | Yearly SLA | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Contract Review Date: | Yearly SLA | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Contact Details: | Chief Finance Officer for Rotherham CCG. | |||||||||||||||
| · Accountancy – Contracts relating to TAX advisory services. | ||||||||||||||||
| 1. Contract Category: | Accountancy advice on VAT. | |||||||||||||||
| 2. Existing Supplier | Vat Liason | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Contract Description: | Vat Experts / advice | |||||||||||||||
| 4. Annual Average Spend | % of Vat identified in reviews. | |||||||||||||||
| 5. Contract Duration: | The contract for this service was not held by the CCG, It was a service that was previously provided by the NHS Yorkshire and Humber Commissioning support unit. | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Contract Start Date: | 01.04.2013 | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Contract Expiry: | Information not held by the CCG | |||||||||||||||
| 8. Contract Review Date: | Not Applicable | |||||||||||||||
| 9. Contact Details: | Head of Financial Services at Rotherham CCG. | |||||||||||||||
