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Ensuring your spend stays within the NHS

  • 14/07/2023
  • Written by NOE CPC

Correctly referencing our frameworks when you correspond with your chosen suppliers ensures that a proportion of your spend ultimately gets re-invested into the NHS.

Our Activity Based Income (ABI) model means that when you spend money with a supplier by calling-off under one of our frameworks, we claim a levy which is re-invested into our members’ healthcare services, enabling us to stay true to our values and put the patient at the centre of everything we do.

Therefore, we would like to remind customers of the importance of correctly referencing all of our frameworks when they are used – and below we have outlined exactly how the process works.

Registering Interest in our Frameworks

You can register interest in a framework by pressing the ‘Request Further Information’ button on any of our framework pages. Alternatively, if you want to access the framework, you will need to ensure that you have a User Account on our website and that you have logged in. To create an account, please visit our registration page.

The framework documents will be available within our Fileshare area which is integrated within the individual framework page on our website.

Using the Framework

Once you have access to the framework documents you are free to use the framework without any further permission from us. The Fileshare area will have all the documents you should need including the framework briefing document that will provide more information including supplier contact details.

Please ensure you accurately reference the framework on any purchase order, call-off contract, or other communications with your chosen supplier, for example:

Framework Name:                     NOE CPC IT Hardware and Services Framework (LINK3)

Framework Reference:            NOE.0380

You can find the framework name and reference number both on the framework webpage and in the briefing document.

A copy of a blank call-off order form can also be found within the Fileshare area of the framework page which you are welcome to use.

If you decide to contract under the framework agreement, please ensure that you complete the electronic Framework Access Form: Access Agreements | NOE CPC

This form is required as confirmation that you have awarded a call off contract. 

Please do not submit this form until you have selected a supplier and awarded a call off contract. Alternatively, you can submit an electronic copy of the Purchase Order or call off order form to enquiries@noecpc.nhs.uk and we will ensure a copy is saved confidentially within our records.

Activity Based Income

By referencing our framework every time you use it, you are ensuring that we can claim ABI from the supplier you have chosen. This means that by using our frameworks, you are keeping your spend within the NHS, as a proportion of the money you spend will be re-invested back into healthcare services.

If you have any questions about framework referencing, ABI or anything else, please contact our Support Desk by email or by calling 0114 212 2122.

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