We provide tailored, flexible procurement support to meet your specific requirements within the wider commercial support and strategic procurement space, whether you are a Trust, Integrated Care Board or Integrated Care System.
In 2025, we supported more than 30 NHS organisations, delivering over 450 strategic procurement projects with a combined value of £1.3bn.
Our team of experienced procurement professionals act as an extension of your team, providing additional delivery capacity, so you can focus on key strategic priorities, contract management and operational improvement.
With no up‑front cost and flexible commercial models, we can support procurement teams facing immediate pressure, and help build long‑term strategic savings plans required for future sustainability.
Project Examples - Greater Manchester ICB
Medicines Management and Prescribing
We ran the end-to-end procurement of a new ICS-wide contract, delivering:
- Projected savings of £680,000 across the 3-year contract
- The consolidation of 10 contracts into one, unified contract
- Efficiencies in contract management
- Greater consistency across the ICS
Patients' Right to Choose for Gastroenterology Care
Using PRS direct award B, we designed and delivered a robust provider selection process, ensuring all providers met the required clinical, operational and commercial standards.
- A compliant and defensible provider selection process
- Improved access to patient choice and faster routes to care
- A contribution to reduced waiting lists
- A scalable model for future commissioning requirements
Unified Corporate Records and Management Information System
We ran the procurement of an ICS-wide contract, delivering market engagement, specification design, bid packs, evaluation guidance, moderations and contract implementation. The results:
- Multiple place-based contracts consolidated into one unified contract delivering greater consistency and contract management efficiencies
- 52% reduction in expenditure
- 10 NHS Trusts on one single platform
“NHS Greater Manchester has a longstanding and valued partnership with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). Their support with the Provider Selection Regime (PSR) has provided valuable expertise and additional capacity, helping NHS GM lead and deliver its provider selection processes with confidence.
“NHS SBS has worked alongside us to develop and deliver PSR training for NHS GM staff, including live sessions and recordings that colleagues can revisit. They have also supported the development of our Decision Making Records (DMRs), helping translate the requirements of the regime into practical documentation that supports informed decisions and clear governance.
“Their ongoing advice helps service leads understand which PSR processes apply to their requirements and the evidence needed to support their proposed approach. NHS SBS has also worked alongside NHS GM to deliver competitive procurements under the PSR, contributing practical procurement expertise throughout the process.
“We particularly value their support in pre-screening DMRs before submission for full review by senior NHS GM representatives. This helps identify gaps early, strengthens the quality of submissions and supports a robust audit trail for decisions where required.
“The strength of this relationship is its collaborative approach. NHS GM retains leadership, decision-making responsibility and accountability as the contracting authority, with NHS SBS providing knowledgeable and responsive support to help us fulfil those responsibilities. Their contribution is a valued part of our approach to delivering well-evidenced, transparent and compliant provider selection processes.”
Stuart Moore
Head of Market Management
NHS Greater Manchester
How we can support you
End-to-end bespoke procurement projects and programmes
Leading value-based procurements, as well as running further competitions off a framework agreement. We provide the right specialist procurement capacity needed to deliver different types of opportunities, which is often cheaper than internal recruitment or agency staff.
Strategic workplan development and delivery
Prioritisation of key opportunities so you can drive best value and outcomes, and maximise the cash-releasing savings available from your non-pay spend
Procurement strategy and policy creation
Including support with business case development or review. We ensure alignment with national policy, legislative changes, as well as your local objectives and priorities.
Category strategy creation and ongoing management
Including data analysis, market research and engagement. We support you to drive savings opportunities through aggregation of spend and the standardisation of products and services.
Contract management
In an advisory capacity, or specific support for challenging contracts, so you can get the most out of your strategic contracts and supplier relationships, identifying opportunities for innovation and minimising risk.
Best-in-class sustainability and social value guidelines
Sustainability and social value is embedded into activities in the areas where it can truly add value and we provide a clear baseline to measure improvements.
Collaboration, standardisation, and aggregation of total ICS volumes
We bring organisations together across common spend areas, effectively managing stakeholders and helping you to work together to drive collaborative value.
Capital equipment sourcing
A fully managed service that includes major medical equipment, digital and IT, and hospital furniture. End-to-end solutions are tailored to meet your requirements and delivered by our specialists, so you can focus on other strategic priorities.
Complete Managed Procurement Service
For Trusts, ICSs and ICBs, providing reliable, scalable procurement delivery capacity and expertise for all of your procurement needs, reducing running costs, unlocking service improvements and delivering savings.
Procurement Services Case Studies
Our success is defined by enabling you to meet your goals – whatever they may be
“NHS Greater Manchester has worked closely with NHS SBS to develop our Provider Procurement Collaborative agenda. Our 9 Trusts Collaborative has required a flexible and agile approach from NHS SBS with their willingness to deploy resources to support savings delivery. The relationship has been open and transparent with a commitment to shared learnings as we have navigated the challenges of aggregated procurement for 9 independent Trusts. NHS SBS have been easy to work with; enthusiastic and professional.”
Simon Walsh MCIPS
Group Procurement Director & Joint GM Procurement Lead
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
“NHS SBS has worked closely with our ICB providing specialist procurement advice and delivery support for a critical service contract. The knowledge, dedication and service quality from the team has been excellent, giving full confidence in us achieving an optimal and compliant outcome. NHS SBS has also provided us with crucial advice and training to help prepare for the Provider Selection Regime. I would not hesitate to recommend NHS SBS as a strategic procurement partner.”
Professor Craig Harris
Chief of Strategy, Commissioning & Integration
Lancashire & South Cumbria ICB
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Dr Beng So, renal consultant at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks with NHS SBS’s Alex Curling about the support provided for a new renal and outpatient managed service contract for the Fylde area.
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