Public sector bodies often consider the future delivery of a particular service or suite of services. In these deliberations, you will likely undertake an ‘options appraisal’ to assess which service delivery model would best support you in achieving your organisation’s vision and outcomes. So,…

When things go wrong in complex outsourcing, service commissioning or system integration projects, the costs of both escalating the problem for resolution and its remediation, are usually significant. And, looking back over the hundreds of projects we’ve been involved with…

The procurement process within the public sector is necessarily demanding to ensure clarity, fairness and consistency. Many procuring authorities may feel relieved once they ‘finish’ the procurement process, but sometimes this marks the beginning of an even more challenging phase…

Whole Life Costing is a critical aspect of the strategic procurement process of complex projects and a key tool for decision-making and budget allocation. The following is an illustrative guide to simplify the process of producing Whole Life Costing for…

Digitising health records has been a government goal since the days of the failed NHS National Programme for IT (NPfiT) – launched in 2002 with a budget of £6.2 billion its goal was, among other top-down changes, to introduce a…

When public sector procurement is mentioned, it is often to discuss the complexities of compliance with strict processes and procedures and the challenges which may arise holistically when these are not followed as fastidiously as they might have been. Thoughts…

What could have been hailed as a success story of a public sector project brought in on time, has sadly found its way into the media spotlight for costs that have shot well past budget expectations. The report also indicates…

There are key differences in the core functions of private and public sector organisations. When you bring them together in a complex strategic supplier relationship, you will have some who will be fundamentally opposed to the partnership from an ideological…

The effects of Covid-19 on the NHS and its staff are likely to be felt long into the future. The current crisis has seen an unprecedented demand for acute care, particularly intensive care units, which has led to significant efforts…

It was recently reported in the trade press that pre-qualification questionnaires (PQQs) on public sector contracts under €200,000 will be axed. The reasoning behind this move is that PQQs on smaller contracts are “burdensome” and make the tendering process onerous for…