The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is to open talks with government departments to assess their progress towards the target of buying 90 per cent of low-value, high-volume goods electronically by April.
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The government’s central procurement agency has commissioned a review of its e-commerce strategy amid signs that its target to use e-procurement for 90 per cent of routine purchases by next April may not be met.
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