procurement and bidding

Advised an NHS trust on the procurement of a development partner to build a new public transport within the trust with support from commercial units.

Advised NHS England on the re-procurement of the national NHS 111 telephone service.

Sole adviser for an NHS Trust on a £289million project to outsource its corporate function. We advised on the structure of the procurement and the overall approach to the competitive dialogue procedure. We drafted the PIN, Contract Notice, PQQ documentation and subsequent Invitation to Participate in Dialogue papers and supported the Board throughout the process. Our wider project team advised on all aspects of the project including contracting and IT, employment and pensions, estates and construction.

Strategic advice to numerous trusts contemplating setting up joint venture arrangements with other NHS bodies.