The OEP collaborative procurement workstrand recommendations included that:

• an additional £6.2bn (+ £1.6bn on IT) can be saved by 2010/11
• collaborative strategies should be developed for additional categories:construction, FM, food (increasing collaborative strategy coverage from
  £49.8bn to £78.1bn - of the £89bn of spend in categories bought commonly across government)
• the public sector can work with Professional Buying Organisations in a more regulated manner
• uptake of collaboration should be increased to 80% of available spend
• more and better use should be made of management information and e-Procurement systems.

OGC will cover:

• Implications of Budget ’09 for departmental commercial and procurement priorities
• Recommendations of the Collaborative Procurement and Estates workstrands of the Operational Efficiency Programme
• OGC’s 2009/10 strategy and policy priorities.

Q&A with experience sharing throughout

1. How should government develop a pan-government strategy to achieve value for money in the procurement of Facilities Management (new categoryannounced in the OEP)?

*This additional area could provide a further £540m of savings by 2011/12.

2. What do you think about the OEP recommendations on management information?

3. How can the take up of existing pan-government collaborative strategies and the wider public sector be increased? With no central mandate available, what strategies for winning hearts and minds are most likely to increase take up?