Procurement Information
Dear Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust,
I would be most grateful if you could provide the following information please.
1. What are your current invoice volumes?
2. How many suppliers have you paid in the last 12 months?
3. What is the current spend of the Trust that is managed by Procurement?
4. What is the value of spend not managed by Procurement?
5. How much spend is raised without a Purchase order?
6. How much spend is raised with a Purchase order but after the spend has already been committed?
7. Which systems to you currently use in each area of the Trust for:
a. Requisitioning / Receipting
b. Catalogue Management
c. Inventory
d. Invoicing
e. Financial ledger
f. Contracts database
g. Other P2P systems
8. NHS Supply Chain
a. Do you use NHSSC?
b. What percentage of overall procurement spend is with NHS SC?
c. Which categories / products do you buy from NHS SC?
9. What is the average time from requisition point by the end user to delivery for non standard products & services?
10. What is the average time for payment of Non NHS Suppliers over the last 12 months?
11. How do you source goods / services / suppliers?
12. Where do you access contracts from? Internal / external? If externally, who is your provider?
13. Do you use Procurement cards for purchasing? If not, why not?
14. How many cards do you have in the Trust?
15. What spend level does your procurement card go up to?
16. Do you have other methods of paying suppliers / 3rd parties that are not paid via BACS or credit card?
Thank you in advance
Yours faithfully,
Sandra Black
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Dear ms Black
Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to your recent FOI.
Please see our response below:
1. What are your current invoice volumes?
127,000
2. How many suppliers have you paid in the last 12 months?
2,500
3. What is the current spend of the Trust that is managed by
Procurement?
£130m
4. What is the value of spend not managed by Procurement?
£90m - drugs, rates, CNST etc.
5. How much spend is raised without a Purchase order?
£50m - SLA's etc.
6. How much spend is raised with a Purchase order but after the
spend has already been committed?
Information not held
7. Which systems to you currently use in each area of the Trust
for:
a. Requisitioning / Receipting
ABS
b. Catalogue Management
GHX
c. Inventory
ABS & EDC Gold
d. Invoicing
ABS
e. Financial ledger
ABS
f. Contracts database
Excel
g. Other P2P systems
None
8. NHS Supply Chain
NHS Supply Chain online ordering
a. Do you use NHSSC?
Yes
b. What percentage of overall procurement spend is with NHS SC?
19%
c. Which categories / products do you buy from NHS SC?
All
9. What is the average time from requisition point by the end user
to delivery for non standard products & services?
Information not held
10. What is the average time for payment of Non NHS Suppliers over
the last 12 months?
95% paid within 30 days
11. How do you source goods / services / suppliers?
Use all national and regional NHS procurement
routes
12. Where do you access contracts from? Internal / external? If
externally, who is your provider?
Both i.e. via NHSSC and regional procurement hubs
13. Do you use Procurement cards for purchasing? If not, why not?
Yes
14. How many cards do you have in the Trust?
4
15. What spend level does your procurement card go up to?
2 @ £5k 2@ £10k
16. Do you have other methods of paying suppliers / 3rd parties
that are not paid via BACS or credit card?
Cheque / CHAPs / Faster payment if required.
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Lee Gardiner
Freedom of Information Co-ordinator
Chairman and Chief Executives Office
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Trust HQ, North Manchester General Hospital
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