Published date: 4 January 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Procurement consultancy services - 79418000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

DN168998

Published date

4 January 2017

Closing date

9 February 2017

Contract start date

3 April 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

PROJECT SUMMARY
HEE aims to establish a key partner who will work with us to deliver a procurement service that will ensure HEE complies with its internal policies and procedures, Government procurement policy and EU procurement regulations.
The "Procurement Partner" will provide both an operational and strategic procurement service covering both transactional procurement in the form of managing the procure to pay process; and strategic procurement covering an end to end process of establishing legally compliant contracts through best practice procurement.
Access to the Finance System will be provided by HEE.
The outputs of this project are to commission a procurement service that fits the needs of Health Education England.

OPERATIONAL PROCUREMENT SERVICE DELIVERABLES
The processing of purchase orders in line with internal procedures, compliance checking electronic requisitions raised through HEE's finance system and challenging when required;
Raising purchase orders for requisitions through HEE's finance system
Encouraging the use of Purchase Orders across all Regional offices

STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT SERVICE DELIVERABLES
Follow and ensure staff compliance with the HEE Financial policies, Public sector regulator's guidance (e.g. Monitor, NHS England, Cabinet Office) and Public sector Procurement legislation (PCR 2015);
Provide advice and support to HEE staff to select and run compliant and productive procurement processes;
Adherence to NHS Terms and Conditions and HEE standard terms and conditions, which are more favourable to the HEE than supplier terms and conditions;
Governance and compliance with Cabinet Office guidance and controls and HEE mandatory contracts;
Develop and utilise innovative procurement tools, techniques and practices in order to deliver improved healthcare outcomes;
Deliver best value for money, taking into account the lifetime costs associated with the purchase of goods and services;
Deliver procurement work plans and highlighting areas of risk and mitigation actions;
Manage the procurement life cycle, including market engagement, tender process and contract award;
Encourage the use of Government Frameworks where applicable;
These deliverables will ensure that third party spend is procured, which is compliant with procurement law, value for money is achieved and that high quality educational outcomes are delivered through robust contracts.

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Please note that in order to access the tender documents, you will be required to register on Health Education England's E-tendering portal, ProContract.
The unique project ID for this opportunity is: DN168998
Project title: Provision of an organisation-wide procurement service

You will be required to express interest in the opportunity via the portal, then you will be able to access the tender documentation.

About the buyer

Address

Blenheim House
Duncombe Street
Leeds
LS1 4PL
England

Email

HEE.procurementcontracts@nhs.net