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EDS – Preferred Supplier to Approved OGCbuying.solutions
EDS is committed to supporting the efficiency objectives across the UK public sector. We recognise and endorse the drive to achieve improvements in the Governments procurement budget. Working closely with OGCbuying.solutions (an administrative arm of HM Treasury), EDS has entered into a series of framework service agreements, known as Catalist, which offers substantial savings to UK public sector procurement professionals. These savings are derived from HM Government's significant buying power and economies of scale.
EDS' selection into Catalist was confirmed after a rigorous tendering process which addressed quality, price competitiveness, fitness for purpose and compliance with statutory requirements.
OGCbuying.solutions' framework agreements can be used by all public sector bodies (i.e. Government departments, their agencies and non-departmental public bodies, local authorities, emergency services, health bodies, educational establishments), not-for-profit organisations and private sector bodies that are either owned by or partially funded by the public sector.
Dave Crane, Government Frameworks manager for Catalist at EDS, explained what they are looking to achieve: “The key value of Catalist is not just that it helps truncate the usual OJEU process and takes significant cost out of the procurement process, it also enables a real dialogue between clients and suppliers. EDS is working closely with a range of small and medium enterprises to introduce niche and innovative solutions that complement our own.”
Why EDS is Different
With a UK workforce over 16,500 across both commercial and government sectors, EDS' technologists, consultants and delivery personnel are able share expertise gained globally with local clients.
Dominic Lear, EDS' sales leader for Central and Local Government, explained EDS' approach: “We help our clients focus on the end game – what they really want to achieve. We then work with them to develop and deliver the processes required to bring about that transformation.”
Much of what EDS does is to help organisations transform. We have invested millions of dollars in developing the EDS Agility Alliance with market-leading IT organisations, including Microsoft, Sun, Cisco and Oracle. The EDS Agility Alliance capability builds core, re-usable components to allow shortened delivery times, sustainable service quality and truly competitive pricing.
“We have programmes in place to standardise common systems, and the EDS Agile Enterprise Platform is inherently flexible,” said Lear. “This gives our customers the ability to change swiftly and decisively.”
How can EDS Help You Through Catalist?
The services on offer under Catalist reflect many of the core capabilities that EDS provides to our public and private sector clients across the world.
- E-Transaction Services
- This category incorporates a wide range of e-Services including e-billing, e-funds transfer, e-settlements, e-payments, e-inventory management, e-enquiry and response systems, e-identification management and security services, e-monitoring and control systems, and e-sourcing.
- An award-winning example of this is Transys, our partnership with Cubic delivering the Oyster contactless card, which enables 8 million commuters to travel using ticketless RFID technology across Transport for London’s network. This successful service touches the lives of millions of Londoners on a daily basis, and has won five prestigious awards in the past two years.
- Further, as the provider of the UK-wide Post Office Card Account service, we worked closely with Royal Mail to enable some 4.5 million citizens to migrate to the chip and pin-based benefits payments service.
- Electronic Document & Records Management Solutions (EDRM)
- The EDRM category encompasses a wide range of services. This includes implementation and/or consultancy surrounding knowledge management, data scanning, development of electronic replacements for paper based processes, electronic data retention, collaborative data sharing services, eCommerce content management and digital imagery management.
- EDS worked successfully with the Department of Constitutional Affairs to developed the XHIBIT (Exchanging Hearing Information By the Use of Internet Technology) information distribution system as an essential component of the modernisation of the UK Courts systems. XHIBIT displays schedules of activity within courthouses and courtrooms and manages other communications such as faxes and text message alerts. XHIBIT provides virtually instant relays of case progress to court staff, the public and approved members of the wider criminal justice community, enabling the swifter delivery of justice and better-informed decisions.
- For police witnesses, XHIBIT has reduced the amount of time they spend waiting to give evidence, enabling more time to be spent on the front-line. This saving is estimated to be 80,000 police days every year.
- In 2005, XHIBIT was the overall winner of the Guardian Public Services Award.
- EDS delivers solutions consistent with the National Archives standards for Electronic Records Management.
- Customer Relationship Management Solutions
- EDS has a significant CRM consulting and delivery organisation in the UK and has been responsible for advising on and implementing many mission critical CRM projects.
- Worldwide, we have more than 20,000 people dedicated to delivering CRM solutions to more than 300 customers in 30 countries.
- Whether you wish to explore what CRM may be able to do for you, whether you are looking for a recognised industry leader in CRM implementation, or whether you want to optimise the solution that is already in place, EDS can help.
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Solutions
- EDS is one of SAP's five largest global accounts, with a global ERP system that has been operating successfully since 1996, providing us with the tools that we need to manage our business successfully. EDS has extensive experience in delivering sophisticated and highly usable ERP applications for SAP and Oracle toolsets to global user base of more than 300,000 users in 22 countries.
- Web Design, Development and Content Management
- This category includes the design, development and management of web sites, web hosting, content and knowledge management.
- EDS can design, build, host and run a client website, or we can build it and hand it over to the client to run. We also have extensive experience with portal technology such as Microsoft Sharepoint™ which can greatly enrich the user's experience. EDS has utilised this technology for our own website (eds.com) and was recognised in the 2006 International Business Awards for the quality of corporate information on the site.
- We also have a large consulting arm that can assist with design optimisation, user testing, web traffic analysis, security and other aspects. This includes CLAS-approved consultants registered for working on GSI.
- EDS is one the world's largest IT services organisations. The sheer scale of our existing business means we can offer attractive pricing, and our size enables us to be competitive irrespective of the size of the opportunity.
- If you would like to learn more about how EDS can help you through Catalist, contact Dave Crane.