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More than £9 million has been saved by Leicestershire County Council, through smarter purchasing of goods and services. The council’s procurement strategy saved £9.6 million over the last four years, by cutting costs when it negotiates contracts and buys supplies. Currently, the council spends £350 million per year, on goods, works and services, ranging from [...]
Councils across the Clyde Valley have set out detailed plans to share support services valued at £155m in a ‘detailed business case’ published in August 2011. The business case, which sets out potential long term annual savings of up to £30m per annum after the first five years for the participating councils, involves sharing the [...]
UK-Truro: general public services 2011/S 148-246428 PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) Cornwall Council New County Hall Treyew Road Cornwall Attn: Zoe Harriss TR1 3AY Truro UNITED KINGDOM Tel. +44 1872323968 E-mail: zharriss@cornwall.gov.uk Internet address(es) General address of the contracting authority http://www.cornwall.gov.uk Further information can be obtained at: [...]
The Coalition Government has stated its determination to target resource to front line services and drive cost out of administrative functions and improve efficiency and effectiveness in public spending. In line with this, the Cabinet Office had a commitment in the Cabinet Office Business Plan for 2011-15 to publish a model for Whitehall shared services [...]
UK-London: supporting services for the government 2011/S 138-229662 CONTRACT NOTICE Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) Department for Transport (DfT) Major Projects and London, Commercial and Technical Services, 4/21 Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road Contact: Major Projects and London Attn: Mr Andrew Rowland SW1P 4DR London UNITED KINGDOM Tel. +44 [...]
Alleged resistance from the capital’s police, fire and transport organisations has frustrated progress on the Mayor’s plans to save hundreds of millions of pounds through sharing more services, the London Assembly’s Budget and Performance Committee heard today. Nicholas Griffin, the Mayor’s Advisor for Budgets and Performance, wants organisations in the Greater London Authority (GLA) Group [...]
Minister for Local Government and Communities, Carl Sargeant launched the link up of Fire and Rescue Service control rooms across Wales today. The command and control centres in St Asaph, Carmarthen and Llantrisant are now linked together. This will improve their ability to provide mutual support when they are dealing with large emergencies and in [...]
This review was sponsored by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and its remit was defined as follows. The overall purpose is to review the strategic management of investment in Scottish public sector information and communication technology ( ICT) infrastructure, reporting on how best to deliver improved value for money and support multi-agency [...]
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has praised three ‘can do’ councils who are acting to protect frontline services and local council tax payers. The nation faces an unprecedented financial situation and every part of the public sector, including local government, which accounts for a quarter of all public expenditure, has a part to play. Many [...]
Features, resources and case studies Connect Digitally – Making channel shift happen – Amanda Derrick, Programme Director, Connect Digitally Programme PSCSF Public Sector Channel Shift & Self Service Forum Resources Sustainagility: driver for change Top 10 Websites in Gov’ – Local ranked by Visits Share – Week ending 28 May 2011 Top 10 Websites in [...]
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