2. Office of Government Commerce E-Procurement in UK central civil government Teresa Stone Assistant Director of e-Commerce Office of Government Commerce

3. OGC E-Procurement Strategy Realise a step change in efficiency by catalysing the use of e-procurement for governments interactions with its supply base

4. Office of Government Commerce Overall Aims To facilitate adoption of e-procurement across government research - internal / external develop tools and techniques advice & guidance measurement To make the connection between e-government and e-procurement

5. Office of Government Commerce E-Tendering Pilot with Royal Bank of Scotland 10 Departments participating Send and receive electronically, using digital signatures and smart cards Roll out provided successful pilot

6. Office of Government Commerce Ground-breaking research into e-procurement through pilots Live ‘lab’ testing of 3 solutions, with 6 departments To test cultural / integration issues / payment issues new models including reverse auctions To take place from October 2001 E-Pilots

7. Office of Government Commerce £160m spend reached 155 Departments now have cards 24,000 card holders Largest public sector card programme in Europe Programme in its 4 th year Government Procurement Card

8. Office of Government Commerce Research E-Procurement pilots report writers Warwick Business School Research Gartner/Giga

9. Office of Government Commerce Communication E-Commerce users group GPC users group E-Business foundation E-Procurement foundation

10. Office of Government Commerce Measurement of Government Targets 90% of low value procurements OGC model based on 12 stage procurement process Since March 2001 percentage has risen from just over 50% to 55% Plan to continue monitoring 50% / 100% Targets for electronic tendering 50% by end of 2001, 100% by end of December 2002 Manual, electronic and secure electronic OGC is currently piloting a secure electronic tendering system within a live Government environment

11. Office of Government Commerce 2002 and Beyond Advice and guidance role expanded Work on standards Mentorship Share lessons

12. Office of Government Commerce Any questions ? Teresa.Stone@ogc.gsi.gov.uk