OGC - Transforming Government Procurement

In January 2007, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, John Healey MP, announced the publication of the Transforming Government Procurement (PDF) report. This unveiled a range of public procurement reforms to equip the UK with the capability to deliver world class public services in the face of growing challenges of global competition, changing demographics and increasing pressures on natural resources.

The range of reforms gave the Office of Government Commerce new powers, tasking it with delivering the transformation of government procurement and with driving up standards and procurement capability across central government.  The OGC will do this through:

• Delivery of value for money from third party spend;
• Delivery of projects to time, quality and cost, realising benefits;
• Getting the best from the Government"s £30bn estate;
• Improving the sustainability of the Government estate and operations, including reducing carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010-11, through stronger performance management and guidance;
• Helping achieve delivery of further Government policy goals, including innovation, equality, and support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs);
• And driving forward the improvement of central Government capability in procurement, project and programme management, and estates management through the development of people skills, processes and tools.