Read the 2018 article on ‘Investigation of current perspectives for NHS Wales sustainable development through procurement policies’, published in Public Money & Procurement journal 38 (7), pp. 493-502, by Christos I. Papanagnou and Natalia Shchaveleva.
Then, you are required to produce a formal written assignment with analysis based on the case, by answering all the following three questions.
Question 1 (300 words). For many suppliers, providers and especially SMEs, public authorities are among the most important customers. What would you consider to be the most important challenges in procurement at NHS in the past few years?
Question 2 (350 words). Referring to the section ‘Findings The level of awareness of sustainable policies within NWSSP’ on page 497 and Table 2 on page 498, discuss the three highest levels of awareness of public procurers in public organisations.
Question 3 (350 words). Referring to the subsection ‘Level of SME engagement in sustainable procurement’ on page 498 and Table 3 on page 499, discuss what SME employees consider to be the two most serious obstacles to adopt sustainable procurement practices.
The assignment must adhere to standard academic documentation standards:
Use appropriate citation and reference according to the Harvard Name Referencing System to avoid plagiarism.
Use font type Times New Roman or Calibri.
Use font size of 12 pts.
Use 1.5-line spacing.
Use sufficient level of your own words to convince that you understand what you are writing, and not just ‘copy and paste’.
