OGC scraps £300,000 e-tender pilot_2
3 April 2012
A project aimed at saving millions of pounds by putting government tendering online has collapsed after suppliers said it was too difficult to use.
The Office Of Government Commerce (OGC) has scrapped the pilot for TenderTrust after a year-long trial in 10 government departments.
The £300,000 pilot, set up last year with the Royal Bank of Scotland and software company TrustMarque International, was intended to save government departments and suppliers £50 million over four years.
The OGC insists that...