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eAuction cuts IT costs by 36 per cent for councils
Released on 12/10/2006
Nine local authorities in North West England have saved nearly £3 million in the sixth IT hardware eAuction run by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC).
The councils auctioned IT hardware requirements worth £8 million at pre-auction benchmarked prices, achieving a price of £5.09 million: an average saving of 36 per cent. This brings the total saved by public sector organisations in OGC eAuctions to nearly £16 million since the first eAuction in September 2005.
The eAuction featured the widest range of products covered so far. It is also the first where OGC has worked through a local project manager, and the first to use OGC's BravoSolution eAuction tool.
The Office of Government Commerce provided specifications, document templates, process expertise and the eAuction platform. Neil Hind, procurement programme manager from the North West Centre of Excellence, co-ordinated the participation from councils.
Any public sector organisation interested in making cash savings on IT procurement by participating in an OGC eAuction should contact Chris Chettle via the OGC Service Desk, and for local authorities, the Director of their nearest Regional Centre of Excellence.
See the full press release.
Contact details:
OGC Service Desk
Tel: 0845 000 4999
E-mail: ServiceDesk@ogc.gsi.gov.uk
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