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Introduction to Procurement

Public sector organisations can achieve significant savings by managing better their procurement and commercial activities. Good procurement is not just about getting the price down. It's about balancing whole life cost and fitness for purpose, while meeting European Union rules and treating suppliers fairly. OGC supports this by encouraging more efficient ways of working, coordinating public sector procurement activities and managing several initiatives to open up government markets to competition and encourage private sector organisations to work better with the public sector. A significant proportion of the Efficiency Programme targets will be achieved through our role in helping the public sector to manage better or collaborate in their procurement initiatives. Most programmes and projects involve some element of procurement. OGC Gateway™ for example, is a highly successful method for scrutinising the progress of projects, but most of the scrutiny involves assessing procurement processes. OGC leads the drive to improve public sector procurement capability, fostering good relations between public sector buyers and suppliers of all sizes and offering solutions for better management of procurement, as well as the long-term management of what we buy. However, with thousands of organisations involved, it's not always easy and one size rarely fits all.

Procurement Process

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Procurement Process
0 Procurement Principals 1 Project start-up 2 Risk Allocation Model 3 Business Case 4 Procurement Strategy 5 Market Assessment 6 Market Creation 7 Produce Requirement 8 Supplier Selection 9 Proposal Evaluation 10 Contract Preparation 11 Bid Evaluation 12 Award 13 Project Closure 14 Implementation / Transition 15 Contract Management
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OGC Gateway management reviews identify risks to programmes and projects and ensure that you deliver them on time and on budget. Government Relocation and Asset Management - streamlining the civil service and improving management of the civil estate. Centres of Excellence in programme and project delivery through your departments, agencies and non departmental public bodies. Programme & Project Management (PPM) Specialism helping developing careers. Key OGC products in the programme and project delivery chain include ITIL, PRINCE2, M_o_R and MSP.

Procurement policy supporting the implementation of European Union directives. Commodities, construction and facilities management procurement. Sustainable procurement. Efficiency Programme, eProcurement and eAuctions, improving supplier relationss and developing Best Practice, OGC works with the public sector to achieve efficiency, value for money and successful delivery of government projects. Expert advice, knowledge sharing by providing specialists, either as consultants or interim managers for your programme and project management.