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Happy 75th Birthday NHS!
05/07/2023
Happy 75th Birthday to the NHS! We want to thank all our colleagues across the NHS and NHS Procurement who have worked tirelessly through the years to …
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NHS Supply Chain commences procurement for a Logistics Services Provider
04/07/2023
NHS Supply Chain’s current contract with its outsourced Logistics Services Provider expires in 2024. The procurement process commenced on 29th J …
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How important are specs in outsourced cleaning contracts?
28/06/2023
If you’ve outsourced your cleaning contracts, how robust is your specification and does it matter? There’s currently a lawsuit in America …
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Procurement Bill update and part 1 consultation
23/06/2023
The Cabinet Office have confirmed that they’re planning for an October 2024 commencement date for the Procurement Act, following a six month pre …
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Dates released for new training on the Carbon Literacy Project
23/06/2023
Do you work in the NHS and want to be more carbon literate?In partnership with the Carbon Literacy Project and E-learning for Healthcare a new train …
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PPN 06/23: The Commercial Playbooks:
23/06/2023
PPN 06/23 replaces and consolidates all of the previous PPNs relating to Playbooks (PPN 02/22, PPN 03/21, PPN 09/20 and PPN 05/20) The Commercial Play …
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National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day
21/06/2023
It’s National Healthcare Estates & Facilities Day, we asked our team here at NHS Commercial Solutions for their highlights on working in the …
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Greening the Business Case
07/06/2023
Today NHS Estates and Facilities have published ‘Greening the Business Case’ guidance, to support estates and facilities teams to make the …
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PPN 05/23: Implementing new Free Trade Agreements Published
30/05/2023
This Procurement Policy Note (PPN) sets out changes to public procurement obligations which arise out of the UK’s new Free Trade Agreements (FTA …
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NHS Spend Comparison Service
23/05/2023
NHS England has announced the re-launch of the Spend Comparison Service with a new Product Benchmarking Tool to provide additional support to NHS proc …