NMH

203 NMH | 2024 203 Administration T he objective of the Tendering Department, which works collaboratively with The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, is to ensure compliance with National and European procurement guidelines for expenditure throughout The National Maternity Hospital (NMH). Activity and interaction between NMH, Health Business Services (HBS) and the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) continued and when financially advantageous, we benefited by utilising the national frameworks and contracts. A number of significant projects ran through 2024, none of which could have been achieved without the involvement of staff Tendering in many departments and we are grateful to all those who participated. 2024 was another challenging year in NMH as activity in the Hospital continued at a high level. The focus for the year was to increase the hospitals compliance with Public Procurement rules; this was done by running compliant competitions resulting in more medical and surgical consumables being covered under formal contracts. This was achieved because of the support and cooperation of all departments across the Hospital. The success that we had in 2024 could not have been met without the dedicated hard work of our colleagues in the Purchasing and Eryk Nowicki, Staff Midwife in the Emergency Room. Supplies Departments who supported us wholly throughout the year. With the continued support of the Executive Management Team, we have been provided with new systems to enable us to collate more comprehensive plans and we are looking forward to working with our all of our colleagues during 2025. We wish to thank all the team for their continued commitment and hard work over the past year and look forward collaborating again for a successful 2025 and all the challenges it will bring. James Byrne, Tendering Manager.

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