From large scale national procurement programmes to bespoke local projects, we can support you at every stage of the procurement process, drawing on our cross-sector procurement expertise from across the health and social care system.
Our extensive procurement service includes: market assessment and management, healthcare procurement, contracts, transition and mobilisation management, outcomes based commissioning, new forms of contracting (prime contractor - alliance contracts), specialist procurement advice, training, education and consultancy.
We bring:
- Comprehensive strategic and transactional services, from pre-procurement advice through to contract award and mobilisation, using existing framework agreements or bespoke tenders.
- A procurement approach which supports cost-effective, patient-focused care and is delivered in line with EU Procurement regulations, statutory processes and Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) requirements.
- Experience of delivering a broad range of established and emerging contracts including Any Qualified Provider (AQP); outcomes-based commissioning (OBC); prime contractor – alliance contracts; as well as complex turnkey solutions.
- Detailed market analysis in partnership with our dedicated data analytics team.
- Risk management and mitigation expertise, combined with robust processes, to support the smooth running of every procurement.
- Access to our unique procurement library and strong network of stakeholders who are all committed to sharing knowledge and driving best practice across the system.
- An award-winning team with the skills and experience to provide specialist procurement advice, training and consultancy services.
Benefits:
From working with NHS England to source suppliers for large-scale programmes, to bespoke specialised services for individual CCGs, our team has a strong track record of working collaboratively with clients and potential suppliers to source sustainable solutions for our health and social care system.
Our approach ensures every brief is appropriately tested and refined so that the procurement process delivers the best and most cost effective solution.
“Our winners clearly demonstrated a really good use of procurement process, from soft market testing, right the way through to contract award. An excellent example of collaborative approach and all CSUs across the country should be informed of this fabulous work.”
HSJ Value in Healthcare Awards Judging Panel
RELEVANT READING
Find out more about our multi award-winning procurement services by accessing the resources below.
Improving access to pioneering brain surgery for deaf children
Arden & GEM’s award-winning procurement team was selected to work in close partnership with NHS England, clinical experts and patient representatives to award a three-year contract to establish an Auditory Brain Implantation service to enable profoundly deaf children to hear.
Meet our team at Health and Care Innovation Expo 2019
NHS Arden & GEM is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at Health and Care Innovation Expo 2019 on Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 September.
Arden & GEM joins Transforming Organisations, Partnerships and Systems framework
Arden & GEM has been successfully appointed to the Transforming Organisations, Partnerships and Systems (Transform) framework, officially launched by the East of England NHS Collaborative Procurement Hub to replace the Commissioning Partnership framework with a refreshed and extended offering.
Procurement team recognised by CIPS Supply Management Awards 2019
The Arden & GEM procurement team has been successfully shortlisted in two categories for the CIPS Supply Management Awards 2019.
Procurement team helps improve access to pioneering brain surgery for deaf children
Arden & GEM’s procurement team has worked in partnership with NHS England Highly Specialised Commissioning to successfully appoint specialist centres to provide a cutting-edge surgery for children who are deaf, by inserting auditory brainstem implants into the brain.
Finding providers for the West Midlands ‘Thrive into Work’ programme
In order to support 3,300 people, throughout the West Midlands, to find employment; health and care organisations are collaborating on a ground-breaking randomised controlled trial – the ‘Thrive into Work’ programme. Arden & GEM’s procurement team was tasked with finding providers for the programme, who could support individuals across this broad geography.
Thrive into Work programme recognised by GO Public Procurement Awards
Arden & GEM is delighted to have been named as a finalist at the UK National Go Public Procurement Awards 2019/20 in the ‘Social and Community Benefit in Procurement’ category.
Cancer treatment procurement project highly commended at HSJ Value Awards 2019
The Arden & GEM procurement team has been highly commended at the HSJ Value Awards in the Financial or Procurement Initiative of the Year category.
Establishing a High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) service
Through a successful collaboration with NHS England Specialised Commissioning, Arden & GEM’s award winning procurement team developed and delivered a process which will ensure the public is protected in the event of HCIDs through a high quality, family centred and value for money service.
Arden & GEM CSU awarded procurement excellence by Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
The Chartered institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) has awarded NHS Arden & GEM, a Commissioning Support Unit (CSU) working across the health and care sector in England, standard level in the Procurement Excellence Programme (PEP).
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