July 2016

Report Date

July 2016

Achievements in Last Period

• Additional Project Board arranged for 21/07/16 to reconvene and discuss resolution of outstanding issues.
• Further clarifications received from suppliers.
• Scoring on Award system completed and commercial  responses clarified and confirmed.

Issues

• Supplier 1 functionality not considered acceptable on clinical scenario (min threshold); supplier 2 timeline  potentially one year later that supplier 1. These issues and commercials were discussed with Project Board 21/07/16; It was agreed that a decision could not yet be reached; further discussion to be had with Supplier 1 and 2 on clinical functionality to be and timeline respectively, and update Project Board at next scheduled meeting 10/08/16.

Next Steps

• Further discussions with suppliers under guidance of Procurement Manager.
• Prepare recommendation for Project Board.
• Review risks with Project Board.
• Review budget and resourcing.

The project current status is RED due to further delay reaching decision.