Police chiefs told to take a lead on e-procurement
28 August 2012
Police forces are suffering from a lack of direction and co-ordination in creating and adopting e-procurement systems, according to the procurement head of the first police force to launch its own system.
Cleveland Police has recently gone live with online ordering and plans to develop it into a full e-procurement package.
The government has imposed a deadline of December 2005 for all public authorities, including police forces, to have in place an e-commerce strategy.
But Andrew Larkin, Cleveland Police's procurement manager, said both the Association of...