Cheshire County
Council has saved hundreds of thousands of
pounds with two e-auctions for tendered services.
The council worked with sourcing and market purchasing
specialist Vendigital, in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
to run two online auctions for the categories of IT consumables and
print.
A saving of 50% on a million pounds worth of print spend was
achieved in the print auction. This will free up £500,000 of money
for the council to use in other areas in the future.
The IT consumables auction saved over £220,000 on a total spend
of £750,000, representing a 29% saving.
Alistair Jeffs, county policy development officer, said, “In
addition to achieving a great result through online auctions, we’ve
also created a new framework to transform the way we procure our
services and supplies to ensure that all savings can be sustained
in the longer term.”
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