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Government centre to encourage public sector e-auctions

03 November 2009 • 1 min read

Office of Government Commerce thinks increased use of e-auctions could save £250m by 2011

The Treasury is keen to make savings across the public sector Government procurement agency the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is to establish a centre to encourage the use of e-auctions for...

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