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We are seeking to hire a number of seasoned Procurement Consultants to strengthen our Procurement and Supply Chain practice. Suitable applicants will be/have: Recognised as a procurement professional Extensive consultancy experience Excellent communicator – written and verbal Excellent interpersonal  and influencing skills Project Management skills Ability to negotiate and engage at Board level Good IT skills Salary: £ on […]

Part Two: CCG Contracts: Friend or Enema! Service Conditions The 2014/15 NHS Standard Contract reflects the requirements set out in ‘Everyone Counts: Planning for Patients 2014/15 to 2018/19’. The contract comprises three parts: 1.The Particulars 2.Service Conditions (SC) and 3.General Conditions (GC) In Part One of this three part series we considered the Particulars and […]

 PART One: CCG Contracts: Friend or Enema!  Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are NHS organisations set up by the Health and Social Care Act 2012 to organise the delivery of NHS services in England.  CCGs should ensure they have written Contracts with all Providers. In this three part series facets of the contracts that create obligations for the […]

Public sector contracts can be valuable, beyond the profit margin (regular payment, high profile, opportunity for work across the sector). However, the bidding process is onerous! The pre-qualification questionnaire seeks to filter out companies that aren’t capable. However, they don’t make it very easy. Requirements such as showing you’ve undertaken ten contracts in three years, […]

  Liquidated Damages (LD’s) are a misunderstood and emotive concept for procurement specialists. A starting point for clarity is the fact that in English Law a penalty clause is illegal. An LD clause is penal if it provides for payment of money stipulated as ‘in terrorem’ of the offending party to force him to perform […]

Why Brian Farrington? There are three themes that clients tell us over and over again. First, they tell us they believe they are making a smarter investment working with Brian Farrington Ltd — bringing a thorough understanding of their procurement risk issues and a proven track record of enabling excellent returns on their investment. Second, our […]

From a certain little town near London, two people forged careers in procurement through the double-dip recession and beyond, to the present day as we near 2015. Both of them had enjoyed the same educational opportunities, and so far as anyone could judge, their prospects for success were equal but found themselves with very different outcomes.. One […]