Public bodies buy under procurement law, Treasury rules and public scrutiny. SmartBuyer gives them specialists who have worked in and with the NHS and central government, so routes to market and business cases are compliant and defensible.
A focused 15-minute call. No obligation and no lengthy brief required.
a full business case for a new hospital, built to HM Treasury standards
Specialist support for compliant routes to market, business cases and public-value delivery.
500+
procurement category specialists
250+
specialist spend sub-categories
£1bn+
collective savings delivered
Some of the companies our Specialists have supported
In the public sector the process is part of the product. The route to market is regulated, the decision has to be auditable and the value is judged on more than price. Our specialists have written business cases to HM Treasury standards, built national frameworks and audited procurement documentation across the NHS and central government.
Frameworks, thresholds, procedures and standstill periods define what is possible. A specialist who knows them saves months and avoids challenge.
Capital spend requires an appraisal built to HM Treasury standards. Weak cases are sent back. Strong ones are approved without rework.
Social value is part of evaluation, and delivery has to be evidenced afterwards. It is a commercial requirement rather than an add-on.
A well-built national framework serves many bodies at once, in waste, cleaning, catering and construction.
Each one shows a specialist delivering a defensible commercial position for a public body or a large enterprise.
HM Treasury standard met
A new hospital build needed a full business case strong enough to secure approval, built to the appraisal and governance standards HM Treasury requires for public capital spend. The test for public capital is a business case that passes first time.
A SmartBuyer specialist led development of the full business case and met HM Treasury governance requirements.
Vendor of Record panel
The business needed construction and M&E services often enough that tendering each piece of work was slow, and without a vetted shortlist there was no quick, compliant way to bring suppliers in. Pre-approved panels give public bodies a compliant, quicker route to construction and M&E suppliers.
A SmartBuyer specialist procured the services and built a Vendor of Record shortlist of pre-approved suppliers.
10+ tenders delivered
Each tender depended on a scope of works clear enough to hold suppliers to, and on weighing quality against price rather than defaulting to the cheapest bid. Scopes of work and quality-price weighting are what make a public tender robust.
A SmartBuyer facilities specialist delivered more than ten cleaning and facilities tenders, building the scopes and balancing quality and price.
Our network’s experience spans far more than the case studies above.
Here are ten examples of work delivered by our public sector, governance and facilities specialists.
Led full business case development for a new hospital build, meeting HM Treasury governance requirements.
Built public sector frameworks covering waste management, cleaning, catering and construction nationally.
Audited and updated procurement documentation across NHS and central government organisations.
Set up governance and compliance structures that met both commercial and public sector regulatory requirements.
Integrated Social Value into procurement, delivering measurable community benefits for public sector clients.
Co-authored a World Commerce & Contracting paper on Social Value with public sector procurement experts.
Advised public sector organisations on workforce and HR spend routes to market and compliance.
Managed two high-value PFI contracts for a major urban transport operator, driving consistent performance improvement.
Delivered 10+ cleaning and facilities tenders, building scopes of work and balancing quality and price.
Procured construction and M&E services, building a Vendor of Record shortlist of pre-approved suppliers.
Client names are withheld unless SmartBuyer has already published them. Results are as delivered by individual Specialists.
Practical starting points from the categories where SmartBuyer specialists support public sector leaders.
