FinalProject
You will complete a Project based on the National Health Service (NHS) within the UK. One of the original goals put forth in The NHS Plan: A Plan for Investment, a Plan for Reform was to build more than 100 new hospitals.
You have been assigned the project manager to build Southmead Integrated Community Hospital and are responsible for procuring goods and services needed to complete the project. The specifications for the hospital are provided in the following document:
· North Bristol NHS Trust (n.d.) Integrated community hospital specification.Link to PDF
Your project deliverables (due at the end of Week 8) are:
· The procurement plan for hospital development.
· A list of at least four procurement issues faced by procurement managers in the NHS in UK.
· A strategy to handle procurement for a UK hospital on the basis of the following case study:
· United Kingdom Homecare Association Ltd. (2009) Procurement challenge case study[Online]. Available from:http://www.ukhca.co.uk/pdfs/challengingtenderscasestudies.pdf(Accessed: 7 July 2010).
For more information on how to complete each step of the Final Project, please visit thisLink.
This week, you will deliver a Project Proposal on how to manage procurement for Southmead Integrated Community Hospital. The Proposal must indicate all the tasks along with the schedule for the completion of these tasks.
Your proposal should have:
· A project introduction
· A problem statement
· Project objectives
· A conclusion
Please make sure that you cite and reference all your outside sources properly, as per the Harvard Referencing System.
Comments from the instructor (Project Proposal Feedback)I did want to give you all some further guidance regarding the final project based upon the project proposals received.Overall I was pleased to see that you all understood the context. What wasn\'t perhaps as clear from all of you is that the problem you are addressing is procurement in terms of strategy and planning rather than how you would specifically procure some of the items you expect to need from the case study. The objective is that at the end of your assignment (if we imagine you are consultants) that the organization will know how to go and procure different types of products and services.You have 3 objectives for the final project1. Determine a procurement strategyWhat are the organizational objectives from procurement e.g. transparency, ethical, building strategic relationships, how you will approve suppliers (including whether you will hold an approved supplier list), e-procurement etc (think unit titles)Some links which may help - http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yor-ok.org.uk%2FCommissioningNatDocs%2F3%2520Strategic%2520procurement.doc&ei=zqMNVPzCEoXE7AbZs4GQAw&usg=AFQjCNGItSfcXE_GyrjTFfclfcwUDkFzXwhttp://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDgQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yor-ok.org.uk%2FCommissioningNatDocs%2F3%2520Strategic%2520procurement.doc&ei=zqMNVPzCEoXE7AbZs4GQAw&usg=AFQjCNGItSfcXE_GyrjTFfclfcwUDkFzXw, http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/docs/PSG%20052011%20Strategy%20Guidance.pdfhttp://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/docs/PSG%20052011%20Strategy%20Guidance.pdf 2. Determine a procurement planHow do you recommend procurement be undertaken? This is where you would ultimately end up considering and evaluating your approaches to procurement (yes, there is likely to be some overlap with the strategy). How will you propose to undertake tendering and why? Would you recommend PTN? Will you...
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