DHSC: FinOps: Supply Chain Risk Management Market Engagement

Please be advised that, at this stage, this PIN is for investigative purposes only and there is no commitment from DHSC that a procurement exercise will result from this activity. Additional information: DHSC is looking for solutions that provide supplier intelligence and risk factors in any, some or all of the areas listed below:<br/><br/>Supplier Intelligence <br/>Organisational:<br/>o key organisational changes; M&A activity; major changes in strategic direction etc<br/>o business performance - key contracts won or terminated / press reports<br/>o intel re Environmental / Social / Governance issues<br/>o any persons of interest issues or other fraud / corruption publicity<br/>o any noteworthy litigation issues – across Gov or public sector<br/><br/>Financial:<br/>o financial health reports / key ratio analysis<br/>o viability / supplier failure scores<br/>o share price trends<br/>o warnings re profits or breaches in financial covenants<br/><br/>Supply Chain Transparency <br/>Regulatory:<br/>confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re key Environmental, Social, Governance issues<br/>o modern slavery<br/>o net zero position<br/>o fraud / corruption / key person risk<br/><br/>External Risk Factors<br/>confirmation of position (either positive in terms of compliance or negative in terms of non-compliance) re other key risk factors<br/>o cyber security<br/>o supply chain management – such as prompt payment performance<br/>o geo political exposure – either from a product / commodity risk perspective or from perspective of sourcing from politically compromised countries <br/><br/>Supply Markets Intelligence:<br/>For selected supply markets that we are interested in: <br/><br/>

• market size; <br/>
• existing suppliers; potential suppliers<br/>
• key players; trends;<br/>
• key info to undertake for SWOT, PESTEL etc<br/>
• info for price / cost benchmarking; VFM assessments; info for should cost models<br/>
• market risk analysis – geopolitical; reliance on few suppliers; technological changes etc <br/><br/>Please send relevant information to Elle.Mothersole@dhsc.gov.uk and Tom.McCox@dhsc.gov.uk by Friday 23rd August 2024.