managing the procurement process

the challenge:

NHS Nottingham City needed to procure three new general practitioner (GP) surgeries and a walk-in health centre for Nottingham within a short timeframe.  The procurement processes had to be run in tandem, although there was a requirement to acknowledge their differences.  As part of the process, the organisation wanted to move from contract award to sign off in a short space of time.

our approach:

We worked with the client’s template documents to identify areas for improvement that would enable the primary care trust (PCT) to benefit from the procurement rules, such that they could obtain maximum commercial benefit from the bids.  This allowed NHS Nottingham City to rely on favourable documents and contracts, combining uniform and fundamental principles while respecting scheme differences.  We also helped the client to establish a project team that could oversee the process and understand each element of it.

the results:

NHS Nottingham City was able to work through the process in accordance with the timetable, obtaining satisfactory bids and awarding relevant contracts; a comprehensive suite of documents was prepared that could be relied on, enabling the PCT project team them to respond to issues with confidence.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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