The NVZ (Dutch Association of Hospitals) unites 100 member institutions — from general hospitals to rehabilitation centers. Their mission: deliver high-quality care that is personal, accessible, and affordable.
When they needed to digitize and streamline joint procurement across all members, they brought in our team to build a custom platform from scratch.
Hospitals were duplicating each other's effort with no way to coordinate.
Hospitals were sending out nearly identical quote requests independently, with no visibility into what peers were doing.
The result: duplicated effort, missed collective bargaining power, and no way for procurement teams to coordinate.
The NVZ needed a solution that unified these efforts while still respecting each hospital's individual requirements and timelines.
We built a collaboration layer on top of the existing technology, giving all 100 members a shared digital environment.
The platform connects purchasing departments across institutions, manages a shared procurement calendar, and lets members co-create quote requests together — even across organizations.
Our team invested time understanding both the NVZ's big-picture strategy and the day-to-day realities on the ground, then designed modular functionality that extended what already worked rather than replacing it.
The platform strengthened procurement cohesion across the entire Dutch hospital network.
100 member hospitals brought into one shared digital environment.
Faster, more efficient procurement while maintaining flexibility for individual needs.
Stronger collective bargaining power across the network.
A foundation for further collaboration across the Dutch hospital sector.
A unique example of collaboration, innovation, reliability and transparency. The implementation has been very positive, not only within the NVZ but also with all members in the field. The development team has quickly and excellently delved into the issues, both on a macro and micro level — that is a rare combination.
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