Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 11 May (HL7210), whether they will place copies of the “internal toolkit” and the “two models” referred to in that answer in the Library of the House.

As part of the Value Based Procurement (VBP) programme, NHS Supply Chain has developed a toolkit and two VBP models. One model can be applied to the renewal of existing frameworks or contracts for product ranges, and the other is for the procurement of innovation. The toolkit and models are designed for internal use by NHS Supply Chain’s procurement teams and Category Management Service Providers and are not available for publication.

However, to support awareness of VBP across the National Health Service and the supplier community, NHS Supply Chain has a dedicated VBP website that is updated as the programme evolves. This website contains the 2021 ‘Value Based Procurement Project Report and Findings’ that has an overview of the VBP toolkit. A copy is attached.