OGC: Procurement Efficiency & Value for Money Measurement
Efficiency Programme - Measurement Guidance
The methodologies for the calculation of procurement efficiency improvements have been categorised to reflect procurement professional's experience of where gains can be made. There are a number of typical procurement scenarios in which value for money savings or efficiency gains might be made:
- continuing purchase of commodity goods either separately or jointly;
- new or repeat contract for goods or services that have been previously procured either separately or jointly;
- one-off contracts for new goods and services;
- on-going contracts, agreed before the beginning of the Spending Review period, and which continue throughout the Spending Review period, that are renegotiated.
We chose Zanzibar for two specific reasons. One for the flexibility it provides the supplier in how they transact with us and receive orders. The second reason was that Zanzibar is one of the only systems on the market where the supplier does not have to pay per transaction. As Zanzibar is a web-based system and ordering is simply done at a 'click' of a button, we have seen more time given back to the clinician and the medical staff which will be allocated back to the patient. Ultimately NHS Trusts are here to serve the patient and they should only be spending a fraction of their time ordering goods and services.
Denis Kelliher , Associate Director of Purchasing, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
