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MAPPING THE FUTURE in the UK - Contract
14 March 2008, 11:18am
Improvement and Development Agency - 14 March 2008
MAPPING THE FUTURE
Without accurate maps of their area any local council would find their work impossible to do.
To achieve better efficiencies and cost savings, there is one contract negotiated on behalf of all authorities, which now includes the whole of local government in England, Wales and Scotland including all councils, national parks, police, fire and other local authorities.
This contract is now due to be renewed and the process is about to start to look for suppliers for the Mapping Service Agreement. It is negotiated by the Improvement and Development Agency.
The new contract is due to finally be in place by 1st April 2009.
The previous agreement has brought a savings of £100's millions to local government over a four year period and other benefits include:
* Economies of scale – by lowering costs through bulk purchasing leverage, and single procurement costs
* delivery and management of a core set of information across the sector
* a contractual framework to deliver a shared service infrastructure of address and street data capture and usage within local government
* introduction of performance monitoring on suppliers
* Managed changeovers to new products
* Access to services that help meet eGov commitments
Note:
Further details can be found by emailing msa@idea.gov.uk or by visiting the OJEU notice:
http://ted.europa.eu/Exec?DataFlow=ShowPage.dfl&Template=
TED/N_one_result_detail_curr.htm&docnumber=67582-2008&docId=
67582-2008&StatLang=EN
For further information please contact: Paul Bailey on 020 7296 6529
paul.bailey@idea.gov.uk
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