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.
Make / buy analysis
Strategic supplier relationship & supply chain management
Demand and capacity management
Strategic performance
Contract compliance
Contingency planning
Business continuity & disaster recovery
Knowledge base – model contracts and standard specifications etc.
Strategic lessons learnt
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.