NHS Shared Business Services

In-Form Solutions is an approved supplier to the NHS Shared Business Services Framework (SBS) for Consult 18 - Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services an OJEU compliant route to market.

Like the other Framework Agreements operated by NHS SBS, Consult 18 - Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services is open to all Public Sector Authorities. SBS currently has over 80 core members and 700 associate members covering NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups, Local Authorities, Further Education Colleges and Universities, Academies, Housing Associations, Blue Light organisations, Museums, Prisons, Transport organisations and many others.  This framework is free of charge to use for all public sector authorities.

This is a four year Framework commencing in July 2018 and the framework is a fully OJEU compliant route to market. In-Form Solutions are accredited to the following Lots:

• Lot 1  - Leadership Governance and Strategy 
• Lot 2  - Healthcare Service, Development and Transformation
• Lot 4  - Health and Community 
• Lot 5  - IT Consultancy 
• Lot 6  - Finance 
• Lot 10 - Ancillary Services  

The SBS framework provides the ability to directly award a contract to approved suppliers on the framework providing a timely and compliant route to market, reducing the need for costly and lengthy local procurement and tendering processes. Consult 18 - Multidisciplinary Consultancy Services is designed to be flexible and also offers customers the ability to use their own terms and conditions for call off contracts.

In-Form Solutions were successful in all Lots which they applied for, scoring the top 2 scores of all applicants for all Lots and top in four of these Lots. These evaluations were very much focused on quality of service as opposed to price, which just emphasises that In-Form Solutions deliver a highly effective and innovative service.

For further information please see the following link:

https://www.sbs.nhs.uk/ica-consult-18-multidisciplinary-consultancy-services