Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13cd7-4eec-716f-869f-50fdd8bebe40/dhsc-finops-supply-chain-risk-management-market-engagement pending GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # DHSC: FinOps: Supply Chain Risk Management Market Engagement [Department of Health and Social Care](https://tendernation.io/buyers/department-of-health-and-social-care) Often single bidder Estimated value Not stated Published 25 Jul 2024 Deadline Rolling deadline ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is inviting suppliers of supply chain risk management software to share information about their product. At this early stage, DHSC is wanting to gain a greater understanding of the range of solutions available, that can provide real-time intelligence and insights to identify risks of supply chain disruption for named suppliers, preferably in a cloud-based solution. Suppliers are also invited to provide indicative timescales for system implementation and high-level costings. We are keen to hear from both aggregators of risk data and specialist primary information providers. At this stage, we request that information is provided in written or recorded audio/visual format only. Suppliers may use their own discretion when determining what information to share, for example; sales literature, presentation slides or videographic information. DHSC is looking for solutions that provide supplier intelligence and risk factors in any, some or all of the areas listed below: Supplier Intelligence Organisational: o key organisational changes; M&A activity; major changes in strategic direction etc o business performance - key contracts won or terminated / press reports o intel re Environmental / Social / Governance issues o any persons of interest issues or other fraud / corruption publicity o any noteworthy litigation issues - across Gov or public sector Financial: o financial health reports / key ratio analysis o viability / supplier failure scores o share price trends o warnings re profits or breaches in financial covenants Supply Chain Transparency Regulatory: confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re key Environmental, Social, Governance issues o modern slavery o net zero position o fraud / corruption / key person risk ### External Risk Factors confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re other key risk factors o cyber security o supply chain management - such as prompt payment performance o geo political exposure - either from a product / commodity risk perspective or from perspective of sourcing from politically compromised countries Supply Markets Intelligence: For selected supply markets that we are interested in: • market size; • existing suppliers; potential suppliers • key players; trends; • key info to undertake for SWOT, PESTEL etc • info for price / cost benchmarking; VFM assessments; info for should cost models • market risk analysis - geopolitical; reliance on few suppliers; technological changes etc Please send relevant information to and by Friday 23rd August 2024. 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