Office of Government Commerce
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The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an independent office of HM Treasury, established to help Government deliver best value from its spending. The OGC works with central Government departments and other public sector organisations to ensure the achievement of six key goals:
- Delivery of value for money from third party spend
- Delivery of projects to time, quality and cost, realising benefits
- Getting the best from the Government's £30bn estate
- Improving the sustainability of the Government estate, including reducing carbon emissions by 12.5% by 2010-11, through stronger performance management and guidance
- Helping achieve delivery of further Government policy goals, including innovation, equality, and support for small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
- And driving forward the improvement of central Government capability in procurement, project and programme management, and estates management through the development of people skills, processes and tools
OGC provides policy standards and guidance on best practice in procurement, projects and estate management, and monitors and challenges Departments' performance against these standards, grounded in an evidence base of information and assurance. It promotes and fosters collaborative procurement across the public sector to deliver better value for money and better public services; and it provides innovative ways to develop Government's commercial and procurement capability, including leadership of the Government Procurement Service.
History
OGC's remit was formally extended to include the Ministry of Defence (MOD) at the end of 2004. Since then they have been working with the MOD to support a range of delivery related activities within the MOD.
OGCbuying.solutions
The OGC executive agency, OGCbuying.solutions, provides access to more than 500,000 products and services, through a range of frameworks as well as a number of managed services, including telecommunications, e-mail and web services, energy and eCommerce.
Reporting Hierarchy
OGC is an independent Office of the Treasury with its own Chief Executive appointed at Permanent Secretary level, who is responsible for Government procurement, programmes and projects, and the Government Estate.
OGC is governed by the OGC Board which is made up of the Chief Executive, OGC executive directors, the Chief Executive of OGCbuying.solutions (OGC's trading arm) and three non-executive directors.
