NHS uses e-auctions to set the true price of goods
29 August 2012
E-auctions have allowed the NHS to "set the true market price" of supplies.
That is the view of Andrew Rudd, director of procurement enablement at the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA), who was addressing delegates at the CIPS premier conference, which took place in London this month.
"But a major issue has been persuading the buyers and suppliers that e-auctions are the right thing to do," he added.
Currently, PASA holds a...