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Updates for Supplier users include: Answer automatic recall – Users no longer need to manually recall your answers. Suppliers will also be able to format the text in their responses making it easier to read their responses. The distribution list will not be copied. Users can copy the content of an existing QQ into a new one.
Shift towards self-contracting and self-distribution: With health systems gaining significant scale and wanting more control over their supply chain, this shift is accelerating. BSW built up a leading supply chain function and established a self-distribution model, all of which helped to improve overall margins. Share on Twitter.
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2) In carrying out a covered procurement, a contracting authority must treat suppliers the same unless a difference between the suppliers justifies different treatment. (3) Moreover, the NPPS is not the ‘ultimate word’ on what procurement is in the public interest.
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