People Centred Low Carbon Catering
Steph Holmes
Head of Procurement
People Centred Low Carbon Catering
• Catering is important
– The patient catering provision is an essential and important part of the
Trusts care delivery framework.
• Patient Profile is changing
– Age
• Reducing our carbon footprint
– UK Corporate Leaders Group
– EcoQuip
• Can innovative approaches to catering provision meet our
requirements in the timeframe required and in a way that is
affordable?
People Centred Low Carbon Catering
• Innovation
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FCP
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Harnessing innovation for the public good
New way of procuring services – supports innovation
Staged approach in the public sector
Manages risk
Win-win
Market sounding prospectus
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Hard and risky
Setting out our requirement in outcome terms
What can we do to create the market conditions that helps accelerate
the market entry of innovative catering solutions?
People Centred Low Carbon Catering
• Procurement strategy
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Specification
Procurement approach
Evaluation criteria
Contract arrangements
Delivering the optimal solution over the
lifetime of the contract
People Centred Low Carbon Catering
• Strategy workshop
– Next steps
• Develop procurement specification and strategy to deliver the
optimal solution for the catering needs of this and other
interested organisations
• Establish what the supply chain needs in order to deliver
• What are the barriers and how we can overcome them
• What is needed by all stakeholders for success
People Centred Low Carbon Catering
Procurement Phrases
• Outcome based specification
• Competitive Dialogue
• Transparency, Openness, level playing field
The procurement process and timetable
Communicate unmet need
to the market
Market Sounding and
Consultation
DEC 12
RETURN RESPONSE FORMS BY END
JANUARY
DEC JAN 13
Review supply chain
response and MSR forms
FEB 13
KEEP IN TOUCH VIA THE
WEBSITE
Finalise outcome spec &
procurement strategy
FEB / MAR 13
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Solution on site operational by April 2013
APRIL 13
Thank you