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New OGC Information Notes

Released on 07/12/2006

OGC Information Notes - performance results for construction procurement activity and arrangements for collection of data. Launch of the OGC Econometric Model and the Public Sector Client Construction Demand Database.

Information Note 2/2006 announces the performance results for construction procurement activity by central government departments for the period October 2005 to March 2006, as measured against the key performance indicators originally devised for the Achieving Excellence in Construction Strategic Targets. It also advises departments about the arrangements for collecting data on construction procurement activity covering the period up to 30 September 2006, and explains how the Public Sector Construction Demand Database will provide the means of collecting this information from 2007.

Information Note 3/2006 provides more detail about the launch of the new OGC Econometric Model, which can be used to consider the effect public sector construction projects / programmes have on each other and on industry capacity. Public sector clients should obtain a copy of the Model from OGC.  The Information Note also provides detail about the Public Sector Client Construction Demand Database (PSCDD) and how data from it feeds into the Model. Public sector construction clients should now start to populate the PSCDD with data on their future construction projects and programmes.

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