Is this included in my organisation's licence?

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.

Can I take it on my own?

Yes, as a Deep Dive for $199 one-time, or in the Technology Manager Full family for $599. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

A branch is a short focus within the Technology Manager track, sold on its own as a Deep Dive and in the Full family: the same shift structure, built on the core's competencies, with the device families and cases of one area of work.

Which level should I choose?

Easy, Medium or Hard. A short baseline check on day one places you, or you can choose. Easy starts with worked examples and the simulation coach; Hard is independent, interleaved and timed. The same competencies are assessed at every level.

What do I get at the end?

The BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Technology Manager, Procurement Lead branch, naming the track and the level you completed, and a portfolio of the real work documents you made along the way.

How much time does it take?

6 weeks, about 3 hours a week, in items of a few minutes to about half an hour.

Which languages is it in?

Essentia answers and explains in English, Arabic and Chinese. The course lessons and the Device Lab are in English, and every track page is also in Arabic.

Technology ManagerProcurement Lead

Branch · The tender desk

Technology Manager:Procurement Lead

Specifications, tenders, evaluation and the award, with the evidence to defend it.

For: Hospital procurement teams, group purchasing organisations and health ministries' procurement units

Before you start: The Technology Manager core track, or its baseline check at Medium or above

Start free: week 1 of a track Book a demo for your team

Your mentor, a character in the trackDirector Henrik BrandtHospital Director

Length: 6 weeks
Time: About 3 hours a week
Levels: Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
On your own: $199, 12 months

Technology Manager: Procurement Lead: Procurement simulation — Procurement simulation

The arc · 6 weeks · The tender desk

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Write specifications from incidents
Model whole-life cost where consumables dominate
Evaluate big imaging and programmes inside envelopes
Defend awards under challenge
Manage supplier and counterfeit risk

The story

As Head of Technology you take the lead on the hospital group's tenders for a season: standardisation, consumables, big imaging, programmes and a hard challenge.

Director Henrik BrandtHospital Director · your mentor (a character in the track)

“A specification is an incident report turned around: what must never happen again, written as a requirement you can test. Then price the pads and sensors over the whole life, because they cost more than the devices.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

**A step with your mentor in the Device Lab**The step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: PET/CT with Director Henrik Brandt, this track's mentor

**A simulation**Real hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.

**Your skills map**This track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress

**The certificate**A Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Ingrid Johansson, a fictional learner

The arc

6 weeks, one running case.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

The programme, line by line

Week 1From an incident to a specificationSpecification and whole-life model: defibrillators
Week 2The consumables decideConsumable-led comparison
Week 3Big imaging and the radiopharmacyPET-CT whole-life evaluation and challenge answer
Week 4Programmes, not consolesRobotic programme evaluation
Week 5Scopes, single use, and a supplier that fails (boss week)Challenge response: single-use endoscopes
Week 6The capstoneCapstone

Week 1From an incident to a specification3.6 h
Two standardisation tenders: defibrillators and ward oximetry.
- DoProcurement · Defibrillator Standardisation20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 19 · Defibrillator: consumable readiness failure10 min
- WorkSpecification and whole-life model: defibrillator standardisation20 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch3 · The Process of Acquiring New Medical Technologies15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: Specification and whole-life model: defibrillators
Week 2The consumables decide3.5 h
The infusion and point-of-care tenders.
- DoProcurement · Smart Infusion Pump Fleet20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 56 · Infusion Pump: the administration set10 min
- WorkConsumable-led comparison: smart pumps15 min
- LearnDevice Library · Infusion Pump: Logistics, 'The economics, stated plainly'10 min
- + 9 more steps
You make: Consumable-led comparison
Week 3Big imaging and the radiopharmacy3.7 h
The PET-CT tender for the cancer centre.
- DoProcurement · PET-CT for the Cancer Centre20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 3 · PET/CT: the detector10 min
- WorkPET-CT whole-life evaluation and challenge answer20 min
- LearnMedical Imaging ch3 · Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Its Applications15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: PET-CT whole-life evaluation and challenge answer
Week 4Programmes, not consoles4.1 h
The robotic programme and the cath lab replacement.
- DoProcurement · Soft-Tissue Robotic Programme20 min
- See insideDevice Lab 1 · Surgical Robot: the instrument is not recognised10 min
- WorkRobotic programme evaluation20 min
- LearnClinical Engineering ch3 · Evaluating Clinical and Financial Value in New Acquisitions15 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: Robotic programme evaluation
Week 5Scopes, single use, and a supplier that fails (boss week)2.2 h
Three procurement crises in one week.
- DoProcurement · Endoscope Fleet and Reprocessing20 min
- WorkChallenge response: single-use endoscopes20 min
- LearnDevice Library · Endoscope: Logistics, 'Repair, which is a business in itself'10 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- + 6 more steps
You make: Challenge response: single-use endoscopes
Week 6The capstone1.8 h
Your procurement file.
- WorkCapstone presentation20 min
- ThinkBMEssence · Business Mastery 18: How to Evaluate a Medical Device Investment Opportunity15 min
- CheckWarm-up: retrieval from earlier weeks (spaced)8 min
- Your organisationYour organisation's procurement policy: final compliance check10 min
- + 4 more steps
You make: Capstone

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
Mastery, not attendanceEach competency has a mastery threshold. Below it, the track routes you to the named remediation items and a re-check; a week cannot be ticked complete by opening items alone.
The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Technology Manager, Procurement Lead branch

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

All 6 weeks' required items done at the learner's level
At least 3 of 4 competencies mastered
Final check at or above the level's pass mark
Capstone at 3 or above on every criterion, signed off by the manager or professor (institutions) or AI-assisted rubric review (individuals)

A full tender file

Run one real (or simulation) tender from need to award: specification, published method, whole-life model, evaluation, award report, standstill and challenge readiness.

Evidence it gives: A tender file an auditor can follow.

A portfolio of three evaluations

Three short evaluations in different purchase types (consumable-led, capital-led, programme) showing how the whole-life drivers differ.

Evidence it gives: Evaluation competence across purchase types.

A challenge and defence file

Take one award and its challenge (simulation or real, anonymised): the challenge, the method, the evidence, the response, and what you would change in the next tender.

Evidence it gives: Challenge handling evidence.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50%, or chosen · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first; Foundation procurement cases with the coach; Expert cases hidden.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74%, or chosen · simulations at Practitioner

Practitioner difficulty; oximetry, POCT and MRI shown.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above, or chosen · simulations at Expert

Expert difficulty, every case, timed boss week.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$199for 12 months

The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
The certificate when you finish
The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
Or the Technology Manager Full family: $599

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

Start free: week 1 of a track

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Included in Premium and Pro

$299a year with Premium

Premium: 1 active track family at a time, this one or any other
Pro: 3 active track families at a time, with heavy AI use
Or Premium at $39 a month; one-time tracks cost 25% less with Premium, 40% less with Pro

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