Our role is to better manage procurement expenditure as part of the government’s deficit reduction and growth agenda. We will accomplish this through aggregating the procurement of common goods and services, enhancing the value of the Crown’s relationships with strategic suppliers and capability development (people, processes and tools).
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Government Procurement Service
Government Procurement Service is an executive agency of the Cabinet Office. Its overall priority is to provide procurement savings for the UK public sector as a whole and specifically to deliver centralised procurement for central government departments.
About Government Procurement Service
Access information about Government Procurement Service including the senior management team, operational performance and governance.
Centralised Procurement
Find out about the services available to procurers and centralised procurement arrangements.
Supplying to Government Procurement Service
Find out about how to become a supplier to the Government Procurement Service.
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Procurement Policy & Capability
Find the latest procurement policy notes and regulations, capability and reform initiatives, tools for procurers along with advice and information for suppliers on doing business with Government.
Key Procurement Policies
Find latest procurement policy notes and more information about the latest procurement agendas including Growth, Transparency and LEAN Sourcing.
Capability Initiatives
Find the latest information on capability development initiatives, including LEAN Sourcing Training and the Commissioning Academy which are targeted at upskilling commercial and procurement staff.
Doing Business with Government
Find tools and information for access to Government procurement opportunities including Contracts Finder, Mystery Shopper and Opening Up the Government Marketplace to SME's.
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Commercial Relationships
Responsible for managing the relationship between Government and its strategic suppliers, leveraging buying power to deliver a better deal for taxpayers and to resolve any disputes swiftly. £800 million was saved in the first year of this agenda and substantial work is underway to achieve further savings and deliver longer term reforms.
Managing Commercial Relationships
Learn more about Government engages with strategic suppliers via a network of Crown Commercial Representatives.
Commercial Reviews
Government wishes to change the terms of doing business with its strategic suppliers.
Latest News & Updates
- 18/04/2013 Updated - Commissioning Academy
- 18/04/2013 Updated Information - Managing Commercial Relationships
- 07/02/2013 New page - Public Procurement Policy
- 06/02/2013 Updated Information - Capability Development
- 06/02/2013 Updated - LEAN Sourcing Training
- 07/12/2012 New - Opening Up the Government Marketplace to SMEs