How to cut procurement costs in the public sector

Thanks to Simon Beechinor for drawing my attention to this article on the Telegraph website, which talks about some of the pitfalls the public sector should try to avoid in delivering the £6.3bn spending cuts the government has pledged for 2010/11. Interestingly, as Simon points out on his own blog, Auditel’s Total Cost of Purchase model addresses and provides solutions for all the key issues raised in the article. Mr Maude and Mr Alexander, we await your call!