Arlingclose, in association with a leading software house - Field Solutions - has developed a unique and exclusive options appraisal software package which fully evaluates the financial implications of various funding options.

The GO4OPTIONS software package empowers NHS officers to make better informed financing recommendations with an easy to use product which demonstrates that all funding options have been evaluated to ensure best value. Additionally, it provides the requisite audit trail.

Whilst accounting considerations are important, to fully appraise the wider cost implications of all options, a more thorough review needs to be carried out to comply with the accounting rules and instill a more formal, professional decision making process.

The software package offers the following features:

• Full cash flow analysis including present value analysis of each financial instrument.
• Incorporates the elements of asset acquisition that influence the decision such as residual value, asset depreciation, VAT and even accounting issues.
• Full customised reports to justify particular decisions, and display to committees that a full appraisal has been carried out of all financing options.
• Full technical support from an established and professional software company.
• Invaluable sensitivity analysis to analyse how changes to factors such as interest rates, asset life and rental period, can affect a decision.
• Project-based analysis with reports customised specifically to the project.
• Greater security and protection features (and more professional than a spreadsheet).
• SSAP21 compliant with full analysis of finance and operating leases, hire purchase, cash, contract hire, loan funding options

GO4OPTIONS has been developed to allow an objective and unbiased evaluation of each and every funding option.