OGC starts £7bn savings search
29 August 2012
Public-sector buyers must find £7 billion in cash savings by 2008 if they are to meet targets from the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), the government’s purchasing advisory body.
The “cashable” sum is half of the total £14 billion saving required of public-sector departments over the next three years.
In an interview with SM, Martin Sykes, executive director of the OGC’s smarter procurement programme, details the areas of expenditure that will be targeted first in the plan, including printed materials, fleet and telecoms equipment costs...