OGC pilots to test ‘human factor’
2 April 2012
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is aiming to run about a dozen e-commerce pilot projects this autumn to examine how government staff use e-procurement.
A notice in the Official Journal of the European Commission invites companies to submit ideas, and the OGC hopes to make a decision by mid-October.
Brian Rigby, deputy chief executive of the OGC, told SM: “This is e-procurement widely defined, but excluding electronic tendering. “We’re testing the ‘human factor’ in using e-procurement. Purchasing cards taught...