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Best Deals ICT Workshop: Achieving greater savings through effective procurement

Date: Friday 22/10/2010 Location: LGA House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ Cost: FREE

A free workshop examining ways in which local authorities can achieve greater savings

Description

Discover more successful ways to reduce spend…

Introduction:

Public sector ICT spend is one of the first areas of the new coalition government spending cuts. As ICT accounts for over £213 million spend across the South East region. (ATOS Spend Analysis 2009-2010) and with many large ICT projects already scrapped, it is inevitable that local authorities will need to reconsider their ICT spend.
However there are growing fears that cuts in ICT spend will have an adverse effect on maintaining a high quality of service. Yet procuring ICT effectively could help local authorities achieve significant savings without reducing the quality of service being provided.

Purpose:
The purpose of this workshop is to provide local authority officers with a unique opportunity to focus solely on taking real and practical action to deliver effective savings on ICT spend whilst maintaining an efficient service.

Benefits of attending:
• Enable local authorities to gain a greater understanding of ICT
• Evaluate the significant savings offered by accessing available frameworks
• Examine the value of E-auctions and the significant benefits on offer
• Evaluating the benefits of the tools and techniques developed by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) ICT Collaborative Category Group

When and Where?
• 22nd October 2010, LGA House, central London

Who Should Attend:
The workshops will be open to all local authority officers with an interest in discovering opportunities for achieving savings. In particular:
• Senior officers within Procurement, Finance and ICT

What is the cost of attending?
• The workshops will be free to local authority officers.

Presentations by:
• OGC ICT local category board: Understanding ICT procurement and achieving value for money (TBC)
• Patrick Abraham South East Business Portal Manager:
E-auctions the story so far. How do they work and what benefits can be gained by local authorities?
• Buying Solutions ICT Hardware, Software and Maintenance Frameworks: Examining the offerings from Buying Solutions and the benefits of accessing frameworks
• PRO 5 ICT Hardware, Software and Maintenance Frameworks: Examining the frameworks on offer from PRO5 and the benefits of accessing frameworks.

For further information please contact Manaza Qasam on 07912194848 or email manaza.qasam@southeastiep.gov.uk