eProcurement Scotl@nd welcomes Scotland's largest Local Authority - Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council has become the 8th Local Authority to join the eProcurement Scotl@nd service (ePS) bringing the total number of ePS customers to 56.
Glasgow City Council is the largest of the 32 local authorities in Scotland responsible for the delivery of all local authority services to the city and its 600,000 residents. With approximately 35,000 employees and a gross annual budget of over £2.4 billion this makes Glasgow City Council the largest single organisation to join ePS.
Steven Purcell, Glasgow City Council Leader and the chair of the Council's Efficient Government Development Group said:
"Glasgow City Council is delighted to have joined ePS. I am confident that involvement in the service will be a key strand of the Council's efficient government programme. Furthermore joining the service again illustrates Glasgow City Council's willingness to collaborate and work in partnership with the Scottish Executive and other public sector bodies on efficient government projects."
It is anticipated that the implementation programme will run for 3-5 years, connecting ePS to the Council's existing systems to provide leading edge, on-line integrated procurement, tendering and financial processing. The programme team responsible for implementing ePS in Glasgow is a model of collaboration and includes members from Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Executive, the Authorities Buying Consortium, Capgemini, Elcom and Serco.
The first phase of the ePS service implementation is already well underway with an anticipated 'go live' date of early 2006.
Glasgow City Council web site can be found at http://www.glasgow.gov.uk.