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PROCUREMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE
Meeting: 07/11/2023 - Cabinet (Item 6)
6 FUTURE DELIVERY OF INTERNAL AUDIT SERVICE 
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Decision:
(i) That the requirement of an Internal Audit Service.be noted.
(ii) That officers be authorisedto conduct a procurement exercise to tender for an Internal Audit Service to provide the function.
(iii) That authorisation to award contract following tender evaluation be
delegated to the Chief Executive in conjunction with the Service Director of Finance (S151 Officer) and the portfolio holder for Finance, Town Centres and Growth.
Minutes:
The Portfolio Holder for Finance, Town Centres and Growth introduced a report seeking authority to procure a renewed Internal Audit service.
The service was currently being delivered by Stoke on Trent City Council which had now ended and therefore a new supplier was required.
The Leader stated that this was a necessary process to ensure that the Council had an internal audit service in place.
Resolved: (i) That the requirement of an Internal Audit Service be
noted.
(ii) That officers be authorised to conduct a procurement exercise to tender for an Internal Audit Service to provide the function.
(iii) That authorisation to award contract following tender
evaluation be delegated to the Chief Executive in conjunction with the Service Director of Finance (S151 Officer) and the portfolio holder for Finance, Town Centres and Growth.