For many suppliers, providers and especially SMEs and public authorities are among the most important customers: Business and management Assignment, UOS, UK

Question 1
For many suppliers, providers, and especially SMEs public authorities are among the most important customers. What would you consider to be the most important challenges in procurement at NHS in the past few years?

Question 2. 
Referring to the section ‘Findings The level of awareness of sustainable policies within NWSSP’ on page 497 and Table 2 on page 498, discuss the three highest levels of awareness of public procurers in public organisations.

Question 3. 
Referring to the subsection ‘Level of SME engagement in sustainable procurement’ on page 498 and Table 3 on page 499, discuss what SME employees consider to be the two most serious obstacles to adopting sustainable procurement practices.