Government Procurement Card (GPC)

Background

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is responsible for improving value for money by driving up standards and capability in procurement, from commodities buying to the delivery of major capital projects, maximising the effective use of 60% of Government spending and a £30 billion property estate. OGC is tasked with the transformation of government procurement and with driving up standards and procurement capability across central Government. The OGC will do this through: setting the right procurement standards and ensuring they are met; capitalising on the government's collective buying power to achieve value for money and playing a stronger role in the successful delivery of major projects.

 

The solution

The Toolkit was designed specifically for public sector managers who are already taking, or will very soon take, responsibility for managing a project to launch and implement the Government Procurement Card (GPC Visa) Programme within their own organisation.

Its purpose was to provide practical, step-by-step guidance through the preparation for and the implementation of the project. The Toolkit also supplied guidance on the post-implementation management of the card programme.

The Toolkit is in a generic format and can be adapted for use by large and small organisations, such as agencies, non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), further education colleges, schools, etc.

All of the documents are stored on the CD-ROM. Users can browse through the CD-ROM application, view the guidance information in context and can choose to open a document directly or save it to their computer.

Two solutions were provided, a PC/Mac CD-ROM version and an on-line application.

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