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Best Deals Telecoms Workshop: Achieving greater savings through effective procurement

Date: Tuesday 21/09/2010 Location: LGA House, London Cost: Free

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

Description

Discover more successful ways to reduce spend…

Introduction
In today’s economic climate local authorities are under a lot of pressure to cut spend, whilst maintaining a high level of service. The new coalition government has already scrapped large ICT projects and will be announcing further cuts as part of their plan to reduce public sector spend by £6.2 bn in this financial year. Over £68 million was spent last year on fixed telecoms by local authorities across the South East region (ATOS Spend Analysis 2009-2010). As one of the largest spend areas for most local authorities finding more effective ways of procuring telecoms whilst reducing spend will become a more significant issue over the course of this year.

Purpose:
The purpose of this workshop will be to focus on the procurement of telecoms. Examining ways of reducing Telecoms spend effectively without reducing the quality of service provision.
Benefits from Attending:
• Highlight effective ways of procuring telecoms,
• Examine ways of reducing costs by accessing available frameworks
• Maintain an effective telecoms provision.
• Gain a greater understanding of the work carried out by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) ICT Local Category Board.
• Understanding the Public Sector Network and the impact on local authorities.

When and Where?
• 21st September 2010, LGA House, Central London
Who Should Attend:
The workshop is 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 workshop is free to local authority officers.
Presentations by:
• OGC ICT Local Category board: Collaborative procurement and achieving value for money. (TBC)
• Hampshire County Council: The 1st Public Sector Network (PSN) pathfinder within local government: Analysing the PSN and it’s benefits
• Kent County Council: Examining the benefits of Kent’s PSN
• Buying Solutions Telecoms Frameworks: Advice from a Professional Buying Organisation and the benefits of using their frameworks
• PRO 5 Telecoms Frameworks: Examining the offerings from PRO5 and the benefits of using their frameworks.

For further information, please contact Manaza Qasam on 07912 194848 or email to manaza.qasam@southeastiep.gov.uk