BUYING SOLUTIONS News
Release (Ref. CHA27/03) issued by COI News Distribution Service on 6
April 2009
OGCbuying.solutions, the national procurement
partner for UK public services, announced today that it is
changing its name to Buying Solutions, with effect from 6 April
2009. It is also withdrawing the Catalist and Managed Services
sub-brands in order to focus on developing Buying Solutions as a
single, unified brand.
The name change is intended to clarify the difference between the
respective roles of Buying Solutions and the Office of Government
Commerce (OGC). Buying Solutions remains an Executive Agency of
the OGC and will continue to work closely with them.
Commenting on the change, Alison Littley, Buying Solutions'
CEO said today: "Our relationship with OGC is in many ways
closer than ever before, particularly, for example, in supporting
the Government's collaborative procurement agenda by which
aggregated demand across the public sector translates into far
greater savings in price, process and resource.
"While we shared the OGC acronym there was ambiguity amongst
customers and suppliers over our respective roles. OGC is about
policy, best practice, assurance and coordination of
cross-Governmental delivery - we are the largest delivery agent."
This new clarity and placing customer satisfaction firmly at the
heart of its strategy, underpins Buying Solutions' aim to
achieve savings for the taxpayer of £1 billion a year by 2010/11.
ENDS
About Buying Solutions
Buying Solutions is an Executive Agency of the Office of
Government Commerce in the Treasury. We are the national
procurement partner for UK public services.
We have extensive expertise in procurement, with over 500,000
products and services delivered through over 600 suppliers, in
ICT, property and office solutions, energy, travel and
professional services.
Our EU-compliant, benchmarked framework agreements and other
procurement arrangements enable organisations to deliver improved
value for money in their commercial activities. We also provide
expertise and professional support to our customers.
More details are available on the website: http://www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk
Media contact:
Ben Heppenstall
ben.heppenstall@buyingsolutions.gsi.gov.uk