Useful reading: Intermediate information

This series of articles and resources will be useful to those who have some experience or knowledge of e-procurement, but nee to know more.

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1 The National e-Procurement Project website (NePP) About NePP works in conjunction with I&DeA (the Improvement and Development Agency), owned and rolled out by the London Borough of Newham, NePP aims to achieve several goals : 1) To enable authorities to take full advantage of e-Procurement 2) To Raise the profile of e-Procurement 3) To publish Best Practice Advice and guidance to support the implementation of e-procurement by all Local Authorities. Focus This website is focussed on support for local authorities by local authorities in the arena of government e-procurement processes. It is a useful resource for those interested in public sector e-procurement processes that take place from the purchaser side. NePPs 2005-2006 aims are based on efficiency and cash saving themes which involve e-tendering, e-sourcing and supplier-side issues. Why it's useful This is useful to suppliers from an insight point of view: NePP is “the central resource for the e-procurement advice and support for all English local authorities. The Project represents all the major influencers in the procurement and e-procurement space”. Suppliers who have, or are about to embark on a public sector e-procurement project or e-tender could benefit from equipping themselves with knowledge from this site. Particular areas of use Currently, the NePP 05-06 page is of most use to suppliers, here there are also useful links to the their “How To” guides and Benefits Guide. They are also currently looking to extend it’s coverage of specialist areas including Schools, Social Services, Construction and SMEs, which may be of interest to suppliers working in these fields. There are also numerous case studies and downloadable documents on this site covering all aspects of e-procurement, including e-tendering, for each document there are other suggested downloads, e.g. “People who downloaded this document also downloaded…” Available from: www.localegovnp.org.uk/... Feedback Email us with any comments or feedback you have about this resource

4 Office of Government Commerce EProcurement in Action, a Guide to eProcurement for the Public Sector About The report provides information about the introduction and development of e-procurement in government and public sector bodies. Focus Public Sector Procurement processes, e-procurement in general Why it's useful This is a useful document on the ways and reasons for introducing e-procurement, which includes a number of smaller, focussed case studies and the reasoning process that took place when implementing e-procurement systems across the public sector. Of particular use to large-scale projects and people interesting in public sector/ government tenders. Particular areas of use Specific areas of this document clearly and concisely outlines key areas and the terminology typical to e-procurement: Pg 18-33: Section 3: eProcurement Best Practice Pg 36-42: Section 4: eProcurement in Action Pg 45-53: Section 5.3-5.7: Electronic administration (e-Invoicing, Electronic Records Management, Commodity Classification coding and Interoperability) Pg 53-67: Section 6: Case studies (private and public sector e-procurement projects) Available from: www.ogc.gov.uk/... Feedback Email us with any comments or feedback you have about this resource

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