NHS/Emergency Services
In the face of budget restrictions and rising pressure on resourses, NHS and all Emergency Services including the Fire Service and Police Forces are increasingly reliant on streamlining and integrating their tendering processes to help them increase efficiency, engage with suppliers more effectively and meet critical operational demands.
Leading the way in Healthcare procurement
Due North has helped many NHS trusts including University Hospital Leicester, Leeds Teaching Hospital, Wirral University Teaching Hospital and Warrington and Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust address their main challenges of controlling costs and meeting Government regulations which resulted in the increased amount of time spent on patient care. Our sourcing and contract management expertise and our understanding of the challenges faced by healthcare providers are transforming the way health procurement professionals manage contracts, source and engage suppliers and reduce their legal exposure.
Free up resources for the Emergency Services front line
We have a long history of providing solutions to over 60 of the UK's Fire Services and Police Forces from Cheshire to the Metropolitan Police Service, North Wales to West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to Devon and Cornwall and West Yorkshire. That experience and our commitment to the UK Public Sector means we're well placed to help your Force manage your tendering better, improve operational and working efficiency thus become more agile and more accessible to the citizens you serve.
Emergency Services Procurement Hubs
If resources employed in managing procurement are of concern, Due North can help you realise the benefits from buying collaboratively. In 2004 we launched the Bluelight portal, which provides an etendering solution for all Emergency Services in England and Wales. This allows over 37 Police Authorities and all Fire & Rescue Services can share suppliers and leverage the 'economy of scale' when sourcing and negotiating new contracts.