Published date: 25 July 2024
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Closing date: 23 August 2024
Contract summary
Industry
Data-acquisition system - 48614000
Location of contract
SW1H 0EU
Procurement reference
CF-2502300D0O000000rwimUAA
Published date
25 July 2024
Closing date
23 August 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is inviting suppliers of supply chain risk management software to share information about their product. At this early stage, DHSC is wanting to gain a greater understanding of the range of solutions available, that can provide real-time intelligence and insights to identify risks of supply chain disruption for named suppliers, preferably in a cloud-based solution. Suppliers are also invited to provide indicative timescales for system implementation and high-level costings. We are keen to hear from both aggregators of risk data and specialist primary information providers.
At this stage, we request that information is provided in written or recorded audio/visual format only. Suppliers may use their own discretion when determining what information to share, for example; sales literature, presentation slides or videographic information.
DHSC is looking for solutions that provide supplier intelligence and risk factors in any, some or all of the areas listed below:
Supplier Intelligence
Organisational:
o key organisational changes; M&A activity; major changes in strategic direction etc
o business performance - key contracts won or terminated / press reports
o intel re Environmental / Social / Governance issues
o any persons of interest issues or other fraud / corruption publicity
o any noteworthy litigation issues - across Gov or public sector
Financial:
o financial health reports / key ratio analysis
o viability / supplier failure scores
o share price trends
o warnings re profits or breaches in financial covenants
Supply Chain Transparency
Regulatory:
confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re key Environmental, Social, Governance issues
o modern slavery
o net zero position
o fraud / corruption / key person risk
External Risk Factors
confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re other key risk factors
o cyber security
o supply chain management - such as prompt payment performance
o geo political exposure - either from a product / commodity risk perspective or from perspective of sourcing from politically compromised countries
Supply Markets Intelligence:
For selected supply markets that we are interested in:
• market size;
• existing suppliers; potential suppliers
• key players; trends;
• key info to undertake for SWOT, PESTEL etc
• info for price / cost benchmarking; VFM assessments; info for should cost models
• market risk analysis - geopolitical; reliance on few suppliers; technological changes etc
Please send relevant information to Elle.Mothersole@dhsc.gov.uk and Tom.McCox@dhsc.gov.uk by Friday 23rd August 2024.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Emma Hudson
Address
39 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU
United Kingdom
Email
emma.hudson@dhsc.gov.uk
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