# Arden & GEM CSU Category Management Procurement Support

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit](/buyers/nhs-arden-and-greater-east-midlands-commissioning-support-unit/contract-awards)
- Published: 15 March 2019
- Planned start: 1 April 2019
- Planned end: 30 September 2019
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f4a38f4e-c825-4962-afd7-096a06ddda50-276421
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-64452c1f-155d-482e-bad1-1c3444b73efb

## Description

The NHS spends c£16 billion a year on medicines\. Driving better value from medicines spend is central to ensuring financial sustainability\. To support these ambitions, NHS England has embarked on a Medicines Value Programme \(MVP\) to deliver better value from its investments in medicines and has prioritised the management of therapeutic medicines\. To meet the objectives of the MVP NHS England is seeking to implement Category Management, as a strategic end-to-end process for therapeutic medicines, which aligns business goals and requirements with supply market capability\. The approach will enable NHS England to transform the long-term value achieved from money spent on medicines and provide: 1\. A systematic and on-going appraisal of efficiency opportunities on a category basis, which could include a range of initiatives such as; commercial access agreements, therapeutic reviews, commissioning policies or exploring new models for procurement for specialised medicines 2\. Processes to manage risk and identify any system failure 3\. Model to identify the appropriate use of incentives and how best to transact \(e\.g\. CQUINs\) to drive system changes

## Related contract awards

- [2108 Electronic Patient Database for NHS Arden & GEM CSU](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-509b76ea-107e-402e-a787-6c2f3ddabc37): NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
- [2064 Smart Messaging Service Renewal for NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fecb51c4-5094-477b-89a3-8d7ba1406982): NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit
- [2086 CQRS Stack Observability Platform Renewal for NHS Arden & GEM CSU](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e41757a0-c9bc-4855-affa-6ab3dc29a350): NHS Arden and Greater East Midlands Commissioning Support Unit

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f4a38f4e-c825-4962-afd7-096a06ddda50-276421)