Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 086-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Is your Procurement Function in- house or outsourced?
Our response:
The service is outsourced
You asked:
2. How many people FTE work in your Procurement Department including roles and bands?
Our response:
| Organisation Name | Role | Pay Scale Description | Sum of FTE |
| H44105 Contracts & Planning | Accountant | Band 8 – Range A | 1 |
| Analyst | Band 5 | 1 | |
| Manager | Band 8 – Range B | 2 | |
| Officer | Band 6 | 1 | |
| Senior Manager | Band 8 – Range A | 1 | |
| H44105 Contracts & Planning Total | 6 |
You asked:
3. What is the cost of your Procurement Function?
Our response:
£316,000
You asked:
4. What is the scope of activity your Procurement Function delivers? Does this specifically include: Operational Procurement i.e.: transactional activity raising requisitions/ orders, Strategic Procurement i.e.: category management, tendering etc, Contract Management, general advice and guidance?
Our response:
– Operational procurement:
Price investigation/requesting
Transactional activity – processing of requestions
– Strategic procurement:
Category Management
Tendering
General procurement support and advice:
– There is no contract management
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.