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National Audit Office A Review of Collaborative Procurement across the-Public Sector Public and Private Sector case studies

Vodafone supply chain transformation programme. Target was to reduce the company’s external network infrastructure procurement spend through economies of scale. Previously, the 17 operating companies each operated a separate procurement function. Key element of the programme was to pull together the operating companies into a single global procurement ‘community’ The central procurement company acts as the centre for strategic procurement across all categories (network, IT, services and handsets). The company buys from suppliers on behalf of the group and supplies the local operating companies. In 2009 a survey by the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management.

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A review of collaborative procurement across the public sector – Supplier survey – key results

National Audit Office used contact details for 92 major suppliers to government provided by the Confederation of British Industry, Intellect and the Office of Government Commerce to email a survey to each supplier. They then received replies in Summer 2009 from 33 suppliers, a response rate of 36 per cent. Figure 1 provides a breakdown of respondents by category of good or service. The survey consisted of 17 questions and the following tables provide a summary of the key results. The questions covered two areas: The extent of duplication of tendering activity across the public sector.