Procurement Workstream
Procurement will deliver the largest chunk of the SR04 Efficiency Gains - 37 per cent or around £8 billion annually by 2008.
OGC is delivering this by coordinating procurement activity across central civil Government and the wider public sector, and making the public sector's 'procurement architecture' more robust.
There are three keys elements to these efforts:
- 'procurement hub' - ensuring leading players from the key central departments and other parts of the public sector work together more closely;
- Commodities 'change agent' (OGC website), working to improve aggregation of demand and effective harnessing of supply in common cross-cutting commodity goods and services to reduce overall spending; and
- Construction and Facilities Management ´change agent´
Two efficiency tools that may be useful if you work in Government procurement are:
Procurement Efficiency and value for money measurement
What: Guidance on the principles and techniques for measuring procurement efficiency gains and value for money savings
Who: Aimed at heads of procurement and those staff engaged in delivering and reporting procurement efficiency gains.
How: Download the document:
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Low Value Transaction Calculator
What: An Excel spreadsheet that calculates for you gains associated with low value expenditures.
Who: Anyone responsible for making efficiencies on low value expenditures.
How: Download the spreadsheet:
Excel file of Low value transaction calculator