The team has a number of strategic areas of focus.
Strategic Procurement Team
The Strategic Procurement team will ensure that the service is aligned to national requirements and legislation, including PPN’s (Procurement Policy Notices) and the CCIAF Standards, net-zero targets, Modern Slavery Act and Social Value and Sustainability.
The team collate an annual workplan and agree CIP targets with finance leads and contribute to Outline Business Cases where relevant/required.
The team also produce strategic sourcing documents for all major projects as well as contract award reports for appropriate prior approval before formal award of relevant projects, depending on contract value.
All contracts will be awarded in compliance with relevant procurement law, Trust SFIs, and Scheme of Delegation.
You can contact the team via email.
Clinical Procurement Specialist Team
The Clinical Procurement Specialist (CPS) team comprises of Clinical experts and administrative staff who provide clinical expertise, knowledge, and support within the BSOL Procurement Collaborative.
The CPS team work closely with the SMT utilising clinical knowledge to assist with meeting strategic objectives of the BSOL Procurement Collaborative.
The CPS Team will work closely with stakeholders to promote best practice and governance to ensure local and national procurement standards are met.
The CPS team report to the Head of Clinical Procurement and provide information, support and updates as required including sourcing alternative products during stockouts or national shortages and ensuring standardisation across the ICS.
You can contact the team via email.
Data Analytics, Catalogue and Systems Team
The Data Team provide support to the wider Procurement Team, Warehouse Logistics Team, and all other Stakeholders of BSOL Procurement Collaborative and Birmingham and Solihull ICS.
Our Data Team is also responsible for the management and administration of various NHS systems, reporting and contract management of our critical systems suppliers.
The team is split across two essential functions, managing the BSOL master products catalogue and the reporting and systems functionality.
We also provide systems support for the ROH Integra ERP as system administrators.
You can contact the team via email.
Transactional Procurement Team
The Transactional Procurement Team support with the timely processing of purchase orders across the ICS.
We have set buyers that support each individual Trust within our ICS with their E-Procurement system and compliance of their SFI’s. Currently we are supporting six different ordering systems.
To ensure resilience planning all our buyers are trained on multiple ERP systems.
We are currently in the process of setting up a small internal helpdesk support team within procurement to be the first point of contact for all stakeholders. This team will then triage the query in a timely manner to the relevant team if they are unable to directly support in the first instance.
You can contact the team via email.
Pharmacy Procurement Team
The Pharmacy Procurement Team comprises a mixture of registered Pharmacy Technicians and Admin Staff who are responsible for the safe and cost-effective purchasing of all medication across the UHB sites.
The Pharmacy Procurement Team works with stakeholders to ensure medication is purchased in line with current regulations, Trust SFIs, and in line with Medicines Management Advisory Group (MMAG), formulary and commissioning guidelines.
We work with clinical teams to make sure National Commercial Medicine Unit (CMU) contracts and frameworks are implemented as soon as safely possible, providing best value procurement to the Trust.
The team manages supply issues with medication, alongside the medicines optimisation leads, when necessary, to ensure patient care is not compromised by stock issues. We manage and update ward stocklists for all wards and clinics.
You can contact the team via email.
Last reviewed: 02 February 2024