The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has moved to encourage SMEs in tendering for services, with plans to create a SME friendly framework.

The hospital is planning to let out framework contracts in order to create a shop window for the NHS as a whole to view and purchase SME services.

By allowing other NHS trusts to view tendering processes and services, SMEs will have the opportunity to receive further contracts from within the NHS, without having to undergo further tendering exercises

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