Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 9 July 2010 at 17:29:00
Francis Maude meets 19 government suppliers to ask how they can cut costs
The minister for the Cabinet Office met with government suppliers yesterday Francis Maude met with the CEOs of 19 of the biggest suppliers, including Contract renegotiation is the latest in a series of initiatives introduced by The Cabinet Office said it hopes to renegotiate key government contracts to When it officially begins, the negotiation programme will cover the majority ?Today?s meeting demonstrates the urgency the government is attaching to the ?Given the really difficult economic climate we now face, we have to do He said that some savings will come out of margins, but the government will ?We will look to put immediate savings into effect and also create plans to
to find out how they can help cut the cost of the services they provide to
government.
Microsoft
and outsourcing firm
Capita,
for talks as part of the deficit reduction programme.
the recently created Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), to tackle the deficit by
achieving �6.2bn of savings from government spending in 2010/11.
gain savings.
of government?s suppliers. It will be conducted centrally for the top suppliers
and via individual departments for the smaller ones.
efforts to reduce the deficit,? said Maude.
everything we can to deliver better value for money for taxpayers which involves
taking some tough decisions. I am laying down the challenge to major government
suppliers to ask them what they can do to take costs out of contracts.?
also invite ideas on how it can structure things differently to reduce
complexity and cost.
further reduce costs in the medium to long term.?
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2266261/minister-cabinet-office
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