Councils fall short on savings goals
28 August 2012
Savings on goods and services from 12 major pilot e-procurement projects in local government launched a year ago have been lower than expected.
A report published on the progress of the pilot schemes by independent research firm Deloitte MSC found average savings were 2.8 per cent.
Martin Scarfe, financial adviser at the London Borough of Newham and chairman of the National e-Procurement Project (NePP), which sponsored the schemes, said he was surprised at the average savings: "It was lower than we...