Costs to Consider: When Shaping the Requirement
Checklist
Costs to Consider
| Cost | Included? |
| small/short term funding and larger/long-term funding | |
| whole life costs including set up, running and decommissioning costs | |
| the cost of meeting all regulatory requirements | |
| additional costs related to location e.g. rural location results in extra transport costs, import/export taxes, etc. | |
| the complexity of the service | |
| training and continuing development of staff | |
| potential costs of staff transfers under TUPE regulations | |
| additional costs of inflation, and | |
| any commitments to three year funding cycles (or longer) where appropriate | |
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