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Market Access and Procurement Working Party agenda – 7/10/2025

In advance of the BIVDA Market Access & Procurement Working Party meeting on Tuesday 7th October, members can find the agenda here. It promises to be another great session as we have Jim Morris from DHSC joining us to provide an update and next steps following the recent Call for Evidence. Alice Dixon from NHS Supply Chain will follow Jim…
Ben Kemp
September 30, 2025
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Tender: Request for Information Lateral Flow Devices for Pandemic Preparation

Please note that a new message has been published relating to the following eTendering Event on the Health Family Portal. Subject: Health Family eCommercial System - Approaching Clarifications Deadline Reference: C388724 Title: Request for Information Lateral Flow Devices for Pandemic Preparation A new message has been submitted by Joshua Williams. You can view this in the portal with the link…
Ben Kemp
September 25, 2025
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Procurement Act 2023 delayed until February 2025

The Cabinet Office has announced that the Procurement Act 2023 will now commence on 24 February 2025 - a delay of four months from the original go-live date of 28 October 2024 to allow time for a new National Procurement Policy Statement (NPPS) to be produced. Work will now begin on a new NPPS, creating a mission-led procurement regime which…
Ben Kemp
September 16, 2024
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Part 2 Consultation on draft regulations to implement the Procurement Bill

This is a consultation on the secondary legislation required to implement the new public procurement regime established by the Procurement Bill. This is a technical consultation, split into two parts. This second part of the consultation focuses on the transparency provisions and notices that will be used by contracting authorities to fulfil their legal requirements under the Bill. It also…
Dawn
July 21, 2023
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Pathology Managed Services: System Optimisation – Cost Removal

There are many opportunities to be examined which will make the slight adjustments to the system needed to get more innovation in, provide better access to suppliers, deliver cash releasing savings and help meet laboratories meet their sustainability targets (less equipment, less power, less consumables etc. The first to develop into a plan is the potential to do a mass…
Dawn
April 28, 2023
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BIVDA held our December Procurement Working Party at the Royal College of Nursing in London

The meeting covered the New NHS SC Operating Model, New Procurement Regulations, Credentialling and DCB0129 was held in the morning prior to our winter Sustainability seminar. We were delighted to welcome Beth Louden from Akeso & Co to give us an update on NHS Supply Chain and Category Tower 8 and the Operating Model Update. More information will be available…
Ben Kemp
December 16, 2022
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BIVDA Procurement Working Party – Thursday 08 December 2022 – 10.30am – 13.00pm (IN PERSON)

The BIVDA Procurement Working party will be held on Thursday 08 December 2022  from 10:30am until 13:00pm.  Venue: Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0RN PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON ONLY, THERE WILL NOT BE AN OPTION TO JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY. Competition Law Register here via Eventbrite to confirm your attendance in person. Agenda 10:30 Welcome, introductions…
Natalie Creaney
December 2, 2022
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Update on Category Management Service Providers – Medical Consumables Categories

Please find the below communication from NHS Supply Chain: Dear Supplier, As you may know, NHS Supply Chain is currently evolving the design of its Target Operating Model and as part of the procurement process, we are looking to change our service provider model by implementing a new category management service with five distinct categories. We have previously announced that…
Natalie Creaney
November 18, 2022
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Update on Category Management Service Providers – Medical Consumables Categories

As you may know, NHS Supply Chain is currently evolving the design of its Target Operating Model and as part of the procurement process, we are looking to change our service provider model by implementing a new category management service with five distinct categories. We have announced that three of the new category groupings would be directly managed by NHS…
Natalie Creaney
November 10, 2022
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How NHS Procurement is expected to support ICS’s

It won’t be a surprise to members that there is always a lot of work ongoing within the NHS and much of it is in silos, until now industry hasn’t always been able to see the impact of strategies or initiatives, nor much alignment across these silos and therefore there is often duplication of effort and many missed opportunities. Adoption…
Ben Kemp
September 30, 2022
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