I am a member of a PRG and a supplier that might participate in the tender is providing inservice education to our hospital. Is this acceptable and can I attend/assist in organising the sessions?
Providing adequate product support is a legitimate part of any suppliers role and is certainly an expectation of any successful HPV contractor. It is undesirable to accept, organise or otherwise arrange prospective product inservices during a tender for that particular product range. All tender inservices should be deferred until after the product range has been awarded. At other times, participation by your hospital and you as an individual in these sessions is encouraged, however we recommend that, wherever possible PRG Members (whilst they are participating in the PRG) delegate the organising of education sessions to another staff member to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. Where this is not practicable, the PRG Members should discuss this with HPV.
