This will be crucial in helping the FCN community meet the challenges of creating a sustainable and forward-looking commercial marketplace, a cohesive forensic science landscape, and of pace of technological change and increasing demand.
To achieve this mission, Commercial will provide products and services to the FCN community under the following four service headings and as described in more detail below.
Strategic market management
Market strategy
Make / buy analysis
Strategic supplier relationship & supply chain management
Demand and capacity management
Strategic performance
Make / buy analysis
Strategic supplier relationship & supply chain management
Demand and capacity management
Strategic performance
Supplier performance and stability
Supplier & contract monitoring
Contract compliance
Contingency planning
Business continuity & disaster recovery
Contract compliance
Contingency planning
Business continuity & disaster recovery
Knowledge
Advice and guidance
Knowledge base – model contracts and standard specifications etc.
Strategic lessons learnt
Knowledge base – model contracts and standard specifications etc.
Strategic lessons learnt
Contracting and commercial
Requirements
National contracts / frameworks
R&D / innovation
Section 22A
National contracts / frameworks
R&D / innovation
Section 22A
Commercial will also act as the custodian of the FCN Section 22 Agreement on behalf of all FCN members.
Read more about the Section 22A Agreement here.
Commercial in action
The Commercial team is the most established of the core FCN capabilities and is already having a significant impact upon the forensic marketplace. Three existing examples demonstrating the way that Commercial will operate are market stabilisation; digital forensics; and developing FCN operational services
