Guidance

NHS procurement transparency: standard contract

Actions on procurement transparency for NHS healthcare provider organisations.

Applies to England

Documents

Procurement transparency

Details

This document provides guidance to all NHS foundation and non-foundation trusts on the actions to take to increase openness and clarity about NHS procurement.

Although this document is not applicable to independent sector providers of NHS healthcare, such providers may wish to consider the benefits of adopting the guidance in this document.

The actions focus on:

  • opening up public procurement
  • being transparent about expenditure
  • sharing expenditure data

Updates to this page

Published 31 March 2014
Last updated 21 March 2017 + show all updates
  1. Added updated guidance.

  2. Updated guidance for all NHS Provider Organisations

  3. First published.

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