Technology and cloud procurement

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the main ways technology is bought, such as licences, subscriptions, and services
• recognise that clinical systems need security, clinical safety, and data protection checks

2. Working

You can:

• buy standard software, hardware, and licences through frameworks
• track licence numbers, renewals, and true-up dates
• include standard security and data protection requirements in documents

3. Practitioner

You can:

• buy cloud, software as a service, and clinical systems, choosing the right commercial model
• build requirements with technical, clinical safety, and information governance leads
• include interoperability, open standards, data ownership, and exit terms in contracts
• avoid lock-in by planning for portability and competition at renewal

4. Expert

You can:

• set the organisation's commercial strategy for technology and cloud
• lead negotiations on enterprise agreements and strategic platforms
• advise digital leaders on the commercial risks of technology choices

Closest ESCO skills

• procurement of ICT network equipment (narrow match)
• draft procurement technical specifications (broad match)
• Outsourcing model (broad match)

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