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ARTICLE · 21 JULY 2005

New procurement rules – have your say

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The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is currently consulting on the implementation of new procurement rules in the UK. These rules will govern how NHS bodies run their procurement exercises. In particular they set out detailed rules for the running of framework agreements.

United KingdomGovernment, Public Sector
David Marks
David Marks
Simon Leathley
Simon Leathley

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is currently consulting on the implementation of new procurement rules in the UK. These rules will govern how NHS bodies run their procurement exercises. In particular they set out detailed rules for the running of framework agreements.

The Association of British Healthcare Industries (ABHI) and CMS Cameron McKenna LLP would like to gather comments from suppliers to the NHS in order to communicate the main concerns back to the OGC.

This is your chance to contribute to the process. Please enter our short survey using the following link:

http://www.surveymk.com/s.asp?u=308631214322

To view the OGC’s consultation paper, please click on or copy/paste the following link:

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