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Four new Public Sector deals to deliver Better Value for Money
Released on 29/03/2007
The Office of Government Commerce will today announce four new government deals, worth over £1 billion. The deals will allow public sector organisations to make substantial savings on the cost of buying goods and services.
The deals, which have all been supported by the OGC, include:
- a £1 billion four-year electricity framework led by OGCbuying.solutions, which will provide a portion of electricity from renewable sources.
- a four-year print services framework led by the Department for Transport to be awarded next week, giving access to suppliers across the UK with the quality, capacity and technical capability to serve public sector customers.
- two three-year framework agreements on the supply of tyres and vehicle glass worth £79 million. Led by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) and the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO) respectively, these deals are set to save the public sector over £6 million.
Speaking at the Public Sector Procurement conference in Manchester this afternoon, OGC's Executive Director of Collaborative Procurement, Richard Abbott, will tell government procurement professionals that these new deals support the Government's recently announced strategy to transform government procurement. He will also talk about the measures the OGC is taking to help government improve its capability to deliver world-class public services and major projects.
Abbott says:
"Transforming Government Procurement has called for a step change in the way government approaches procurement, and a step change in the results we deliver. It's challenging, but it's a very positive sign that procurement is being paid this kind of attention, and reflects how central procurement is to delivering Government's most significant projects as well as achieving best value for money.
OGC has been making rapid progress in delivering some of the key initiatives that will drive and support this transformation, such as the new Procurement Capability Reviews and the development of the Government Procurement Service. Meanwhile these new collaborative deals show just what can be achieved where government departments work together to negotiate high quality deals."
Speaking at the same event, Stephen Heard, Director of Customer Relations at OGCbuying.solutions (the Executive Agency of the OGC) will reiterate the need to understand that transforming government procurement is all about looking at lifetime value.
Heard says: "As the FST said in the Government's response to Procuring the Future 'We know that good procurement is sustainable procurement and we will work in tandem with the Government's Action Plan to strive for a carbon neutral estate by 2012 as we support the UK in meeting its Kyoto targets and tackling climate change'."
Stephen will illustrate a number of practical solutions to help achieve efficient and sustainable procurement, for example, helping public sector procurement professionals achieve both value for money and sustainability targets. "A key element of achieving these targets has been the delivery by OGCbuying.solutions of the procurement policy set by OGC," Heard says.
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About OGC
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an office of HM Treasury, responsible for improving value for money by driving up standards and capability in procurement, from commodities buying to the delivery of major capital projects, maximising the effective use of 60% of Government spending and a £30 billion property estate.
A new Government strategy launched in January 2007, Transforming Government Procurement, highlighted the central importance of procurement in delivering high-quality public services and best value for money. OGC is tasked with delivering this transformation, and with driving up standards and procurement capability across central Government. The OGC will do this through:
- Setting the right procurement standards and ensuring they are met;
- Capitalising on the Government's collective buying power to achieve value for money;
- And playing a stronger role in the successful delivery of major projects.
Contact details:
OGC Service Desk
Tel: 0845 000 4999
E-mail: ServiceDesk@ogc.gsi.gov.uk
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