Sentence examples for tendering services from inspiring English sources

Repealing the act may not be an option in the short term, but if the coalition government would take a real pause and listen, it would surely appreciate that for one, the continuing obsession of tendering services to any provider is fragmenting the NHS.

It has become clear that tendering services to the cheapest provider is a cause of inefficiency, which sometimes, or even frequently, leads to more complications and higher costs.

We will continue to have to tender services – it will not be within our gift to change that.

We decided that the buses were being run at minimum cost rather than for maximum public benefit". With the help of government subsidies they were able to tear up many of the prevailing rules for running privatised, competitively tendered services.

The commission found that competition in the market for local transport authority tendered services was prevented, restricted or distorted because of the low number of operators bidding for contracts and the intensity with which they compete.

Once the officials give the green light, Wind Surf drops its own launches into the water and begins a regular tender service to the shore.

Nancy's choice of "Ave Maria" and "Pie Jesu-Requiem," sung by soloist Ana Maria Martinez as hymns for reflection during the tender service, indicates Nancy's loving connection to Holy Mother Mary and Precious Jesus.

Multinational company involvement in public health care systems has been evolving since the late 1980s/1990s, with the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering for services such as catering, cleaning and facilities management services.

Mr Miliband also committed to new controls to stop private firms "cherry picking" the most straightforward cases and to stop the forced tendering of services, making clear the NHS must be the preferred provider for the majority of services.

In his speech to the BMA's annual conference on Monday, Dr Mark Porter said the changes had cut investment, fragmented care and prioritised the tendering of services to private companies.

As our experience illustrates, the current method of tendering NHS services is a gift to financially motivated companies who have no commitment to patients and can take or leave us without penalty.