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of government and commerce introduce new catalist purchasing
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OGCbuying.solutions is an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) in the Treasury. Its aim is to help customers across
the public sector maximise their procurement efficiency and improve
value for money savings. As a leading national procurement agency, |
they source over 500,000 products and services from more than 600 suppliers leveraging the Government's purchasing power to deliver significant savings in time
and cost to customers.
The Specialist Contractors Framework Agreement is one of the new Catalist Framework Agreements developed by Buying Solutions to provide public sector organisations access to specialist contractors
in 4 key categories: Information Technology, Human Resources, Finance & Audit and Project &
Programme Management.
Information Technology encompasses a range of contractors from senior analysts, designers and team leaders to application programmers, database administrators and capacity planners.
Human Resources provides specialist support across a number of HR activities and grades, ranging from qualified HR directors with up to 8 years public sector experience to HR managers, advisors and trainers at less senior levels.
The Finance and Audit category gives public sector customers access to qualified accountants, finance staff and auditors as well as support roles including purchase ledger clerks and finance support staff.
Project and Programme Management offers qualified programme directors and senior programme managers with public sector experience as well as Prince2 accredited project managers and support staff.
In addition to these categories the Specialist Contractors Framework also offers a one stop shop facility which allows customers to procure contractors from any combination of the categories listed and offers a procurement specialism which can be called upon as required.
There is no limit on the value of contract which can be placed. The Frameworks can be used whether the requirement is for a single small project or a large and on-going one. Smaller organisations often do not have the internal resources to fully staff projects and programmes and this framework is designed to allow contractors to be appointed as quickly as possible to meet business needs.
The benefits of a Catalist Framework Agreement to suppliers include:
• Access to the UK public sector market;
• Savings in tendering, marketing and sales costs;
• Standard Buying Solutions terms and conditions for all UK public sector orders;
• Customer confidence;
• Buying Solutions marketing support.
The benefits of a Catalist Framework Agreement to customers include:
• Competitive pricing;
• Compliance with all relevant legislation;
• Ability to call off requirements quickly;
• Ease of ordering;
• Sound contractual protection based on best practice. To read more about this and other OGC Framework Agreements log onto the OGC site.
Technology Project Services has been awarded Catalist Framework Agreement's under the Information Technology and Project and
Programme Management categories. |
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For further information about OGCbuying.solutions please visit www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk or
contact the Service Desk on 0845 410 2222.
Alternatively to see how Technology Project Services can help your organisation log onto www.tps.co.uk/publicsector, call our dedicated Public Sector team on 020 7963 1234 or
e-mail catalist@tps.co.uk
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