Office of Government Commerce E-Procurement in UK central civil government Teresa Stone Assistant...

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E-Procurement in UK central civil government

Teresa Stone

Assistant Director of e-Commerce

Office of Government Commerce

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OGC E-Procurement Strategy

Realise a step change in efficiency by catalysing the use

of e-procurement for governments interactions with

its supply base

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Overall Aims

To facilitate adoption of e-procurement across government• research - internal / external• develop tools and techniques• advice & guidance• measurement

To make the connection between e-government and e-procurement

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E-Tendering

Pilot with Royal Bank of Scotland

10 Departments participating

Send and receive electronically, using digital signatures and smart cards

Roll out provided successful pilot

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Ground-breaking research into e-procurement through pilots

Live ‘lab’ testing of 3 solutions, with 6 departments

To test cultural / integration issues / payment issues new models including reverse auctions

To take place from October 2001

E-Pilots

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£160m spend reached

155 Departments now have cards

24,000 card holders

Largest public sector card programme in Europe

Programme in its 4th year

Government Procurement Card

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Research

E-Procurement pilots report writers

Warwick Business School Research

Gartner/Giga

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Communication

E-Commerce users group

GPC users group

E-Business foundation

E-Procurement foundation

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Measurement of Government Targets90% of low value procurements

• OGC model based on 12 stage procurement process• Since March 2001 percentage has risen from just over

50% to 55%• Plan to continue monitoring

50% / 100% Targets for electronic tendering• 50% by end of 2001, 100% by end of December 2002 • Manual, electronic and secure electronic• OGC is currently piloting a secure electronic

tendering system within a live Government environment

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2002 and Beyond

Advice and guidance role expanded

Work on standards

Mentorship

Share lessons

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Any questions ?

Teresa.Stone@ogc.gsi.gov.uk