Outsourcing is key to DWP efficiency targets

Contracting projects out of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is at the heart of its efforts to meet Gershon efficiency review targets.

David Smith, commercial director at the DWP, which has an annual procurement spend of more than £4 billion, said that it had made great strides in areas such as market awareness, supplier appraisal and whole-life costing. But he added that with its "value for money" targets doubling from 5 to 7 per cent a year to around 15 per cent, "more of the same will not be...

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