The trading arm of Whitehall's Office of Government Commerce is setting up a new online service for contracts
The UK government's purchasing body has set up a system enabling the public sector to manage contracts online.
The "e-sourcing" service covers the full life cycle of tendering, contract management and evaluation of bids. It is being promoted as a way to include small businesses in procurement efforts, but can apply to firms of any size. The system is used strategically to help organisations engage with their supply market. IT firm BravoSolution SpA is to supply the web based service.