In addition, the OGC has established an online facility dedicated to e-auctions, which will include on-line forums and access to best practice guidance. The site will be continually developed and enhanced based on user feedback and requirement, and will include regular updates on upcoming e-auctions.
Commenting on the Plan, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ian Pearson said:
"With the publication of this Forward Plan, I am calling on all public sector procurers to use developing technology in the collaborative procurement arena and to make full use of forthcoming e-auctions.
"As we continue to build the economic recovery, it is vital that we can take every opportunity for reducing costs to the public purse. E-auctions deliver real, cash savings and should be used much more frequently."
The Forward Plan for e-Auctions gives public sector procurers a clear line of sight of forthcoming e-auctions. The OGC is encouraging public sector organisations to engage with the collaborative procurement programme by taking up the opportunities in this expanded pipeline, and by doing so, make significant savings from a variety of procurement categories.
The Plan builds on OGC's previous e-auction successes where savings are frequently in excess of 10% and have been reliably measured at up to 50% against pre-auction prices. The OGC's rolling programme of IT e-auctions that began in 2005 has completed 11 e-auctions to date, delivered 31% in savings based on pre-auction prices and enabled over 600 public sector organisations to participate. Many of these organisations are continuing to work together on the delivery of savings by sharing insights in broader areas of IT, and looking at procuring other items collaboratively.
Nigel Smith, Chief Executive of the OGC said:
"We have achieved solid and sustainable savings from e-auctions. The new Centre for e-Auctions is building on this work and is providing a widespread push to get e-auctions in regular use across all categories of spend.
"The Centre for e-Auctions team has the right expertise and know-how to give e-auction participants every confidence that their procurements will deliver similar levels of savings and high quality goods and services."
To access the Forward Plan for e-Auctions visit the following link: www.ogceauctioncentre.co.uk/home/how-we-work-with-you/future-eauctions.
To access the e-auction pilot website visit the following link: www.ogceauctioncentre.co.uk.
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Notes to editors
About the Centre for e-Auctions
The Centre for e-Auctions was set up in late 2009 in response to a recommendation in HM Treasury's Operational Efficiency Programme (OEP) report. It has a remit to provide central co-ordination and support for e-auctions across the wider public sector, particularly where there is scope for increasing collaboration. It extends OGC's e-auction support to suitable categories beyond ICT.
During 2010/11, the aim is to arrange two e-auctions a month across suitable categories and influence between £15m-£30m expenditure each time, generating savings of around 30%. In total, we are aiming to influence public sector spend of £900m and help achieve savings of over £270m by the end of 2011/12.
In March there are four e-auctions either scheduled or already completed for temporary staff, carbon off-setting certificates, mobile phones and IT hardware.
The IT hardware e-auction scheduled for 25th March is the first one to use a Pro5 framework and has attracted participants from local government and wider public sector organisations.
The Centre for e-Auctions is also working closely with the Buying Solutions e-commerce team on the e-auction programme. For example, the carbon off-setting and the mobile phones e-auctions are being run using Buying Solutions frameworks.
About e-auctions
E-auctions, sometimes called reverse auctions or procurement auctions, allow suppliers to bid against each other online in order to win a contract. They should factor in both price and quality measures to arrive at the most competitive bid and can deliver highly competitive pricing and, often, considerable savings compared to existing contracts.
Since September 2005, the OGC has managed a rolling programme of IT hardware e-auctions. To date, 11 of these specific e-auctions have been completed, delivering savings of £50m (31%) and enabling 600 public sector organisations to access significant savings for desktops, laptops, printers and servers.
About Pro5
The Pro5 group of Professional Buying Organisations (PBOs) - The Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, Central Buying Consortium, West Mercia Supplies, North Eastern Purchasing Organisation and Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation have agreed to work together as the 'Pro5'. These five PBOs with a combined purchasing power in excess of £2bn offer local authorities outstanding deals in key markets.
About OGC
The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent office of HM Treasury, established to help government deliver best value from its spending. The OGC works with central government departments and other public sector organisations to ensure the achievement of six key goals:
- Delivery of value for money from third party spend;
- Delivery of projects to time, quality and cost, realising benefits;
- Getting the best from the government's £30bn estate;
- Improving the sustainability of the government estate and operations, including reducing carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010-11, through stronger performance management and guidance;
- Helping achieve delivery of further government policy goals, including innovation, equality, and support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs);
- And driving forward the improvement of central government capability in procurement, project and programme management, and estates management through the development of people skills, processes and tools.
OGC provides policy standards and guidance on best practice in procurement, projects and estate management, and monitors and challenges departments' performance against these standards, grounded in an evidence base of information and assurance. It promotes and fosters collaborative procurement across the public sector to deliver better value for money and better public services; and it provides innovative ways to develop government's commercial and procurement capability, including leadership of the Government Procurement Service.
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Quelle/Source: Office of Government Commerce, 16.03.2010
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