Useful Links
Below are links to relevant national guidance, publications and organisations.
Publications and Media
- Public procurement policy - Gov.UK
- Health and Care Bill introduced to Parliament
- Net Zero and Social Value guidance
- NHS Long Term Plan (v1.2)
- People Plan for 2020/21
- Lord Carter Report February 2016 (Acutes)
- Lord Carter Review (Mental Health)
- Guide to the Model Hospital
- Model Hospital case study — University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- Peering and benchmarking using the Model Hospital
- Modern Slavery Statement guidance
- Modern Slavery Assessment Tool (MSAT)
- Integration and innovation: working together to improve health and social care for all
Relevant Organisations
- HCSA (Health Care Supply Association)
- HFMA (Healthcare Financial Management Association)
- NHSEI (NHS England and NHS Improvement)
- CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply)
- NHS Supply Chain
- NHS Counter Fraud Authority
Regulations and Policy Procurement Notes
- Procurement Bill publications
- Consultation outcome – Green paper: Transforming public procurement
- The Public Procurement (Agreement on Government Procurement) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
- PPN 02/22 – The Consultancy Playbook v1.1
- PPN 01/22 Contracts with suppliers from Russia and Belarus
- PPN 10/21 Thresholds and Inclusion of VAT
- PPN 09/21 Requirements to publish on Contracts Finder
- PPN 08/21 Taking account of a bidder's approach to payment in the procurement of major government contracts
- PPN 07/21 Update to Legal and Policy requirements to publish procurement information on Contracts Finder
- PPN 06/21 Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts
- PPN 05/21 National Procurement Policy Statement
- PPN 04/21 Applying Exclusions in Public Procurement, Managing Conflicts of Interest and Whistleblowing
- PPN 03/21 The Sourcing and Consultancy Playbooks
- PPN 02/21 Requirements for contracts covered by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and the UK-EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement
- NHS Provider Selection Regime proposals
- PPN 01/21 Procurement in an emergency
- PPN 11/20 Reserving below threshold procurements
- PPN 10/20 Public Procurement after the Transition Period ends on 31 December 2020
- PPN 09/20 The Construction Playbook
- The Concession Contracts Regulations 2016
- PPN 08/20 Introduction of Find a Tender
- PPN 07/20 Taking account of a bidder's approach to payment in the procurement of major government contracts
- PPN 06/20 Taking account of social value in the award of central government contracts
- PPN 05/20 The Outsourcing Playbook V2.0
- PPN 04/20 Recovery and Transition from COVID-19
- PPN 03/20 Use of Procurement Cards
- PPN 02/20 Supplier Relief due to Coronavirus
- PPN 01/20 Responding to COVID-19
- All Procurement Policy Notes
Category Guidance & Playbooks
EU Exit
- Public Procurement (Amendment etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
- Guidance for the Health and Care Sector from 1 January 2021
- Government Supplier Assurance Framework Guidance
Covid-19
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