Kafico Ltd

One consequence of widespread AI use is that many tender responses are beginning to sound very similar. Many suppliers assume that if they have a strong product, competitive pricing and relevant experience, they should perform well in public sector procurement exercises. In practice, good suppliers score poorly for reasons that have little to do with the quality of their service. At Kafico, we regularly support organisations assessing suppliers, reviewing governance arrangements, scrutinising...

NHS procurement and healthcare procurement processes place significant emphasis on assurance and governance. For a decade now we have supported our NHS and charity customers to assess HealthTech products before adoption, reviewing supplier assurances, data protection arrangements, AI governance, DPIAs, risk assessments, clinical safety considerations and wider compliance evidence. For many HealthTech and AI suppliers, the UK healthcare market can appear highly attractive. The NHS is one of...

Many suppliers spend effort trying to prove their AI is accurate, powerful or innovative but in our experience, customers understand that no system is perfect. We support around 150 healthcare, charity and tech customers as their DPO or AI Compliance Lead and perform AI governance assessments routinely. Over the last few years we've worked on both sides of the procurement journey; with organisations developing AI products and trying to bring them to market and with organisations assessing,...