The responsibility of the public sector to deliver effective procurement practices has never been greater.

While many NHS, local government and educational bodies have already created significant savings central government continues to seek year-on-year efficiency gains to reduce costs further.

The Coalition's 2010 spending review, for example, set out cuts of £81 billion over four years at an average of 19% per department.

Inevitably identifying these efficiency gains become more difficult once the ‘easy wins’ have been captured; and many public sector organisations lack the resources and experience in-house to capture all the cost reduction available to them thus missing significant opportunities to increase resources.

Our experience
Nelson La Rochelle has considerable experience of cost reduction in the public sector. We regularly work with NHS, local government and/or educational clients helping them to identify such reductions. We are familiar with European regulations governing procurement in the sector including relevant OJEU directives.

Recent clients include the country's largest NHS foundation trust and the Universities of Bath, Brighton and Derby. We reduced Derby's costs by up to 59% in several categories of expenditure. We did so on a genuine and sustainable basis and with minimal disruption to its day-to-day operations. We are currently working for four other public sector clients.

"I strongly recommend Nelson to any organisation looking to reduce its costs on a real basis "

Tammie Purdue – head of purchasing and supplies
Basingstoke & North Hampshire NHS Foundation Trust