The response to your query are detailed below:
- Please provide details of expenditure (or a reasonable estimate) on assessing and bidding for NHS tenders in 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 to date and an estimate of total expenditure for 2013/14.
Expenditure on assessing and bidding for NHS tenders | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 to date | 2013/14 estimate |
Staff costs | 100K | 200K | 300K | 500K |
External advice (including legal advice) | 20K | 30K | 50K | 75K |
Expenses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Please note the Trust does not keep separate information with regard to this work, as normally it involves existing members of staff taking on additional responsibility as and when a tender opportunity arises. Therefore these figures are a best estimate of the costs involved.
- Please also state how many staff (FTE) currently work on NHS service tenders. 3FTE