The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a detailed report that
evaluates how well OGCbuying.solutions is delivering value for money on behalf
of the UK public sector.
The report, which contains a lot of useful information for public sector
organisations and suppliers, can be found at: www.nao.org.uk/publications.
The NAO has also launched a new tool to help the public sector to assess
whether it is obtaining value-for-money from its use of consultants. This can be
found at:www.nao.org.uk.
OGCbuying.solutions primary role is to maximise the value for money obtained
by government departments and other public bodies, through the procurement and
supply of goods and services.
Their portfolio of work is designed to offer public sector organisations
better value for money than they could achieve elsewhere. The aim is to give
organisations access to lower prices than they could achieve and enable them to
reduce their process costs by avoiding the need for them to let and manage their
own procurement.