OGCbuying.solutions is the trading arm of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which is itself an office of HM Treasury. OGC was launched on 1 April 2000 as a result of a review of civil procurement in Central Government. Its aim is to achieve substantial value for money improvements in the Government’s procurement budget and to oversee and implement the Government’s wider Efficiency Review across the entire public sector.

OGCbuying.solutions provides public sector procurement professionals with a route to the products and services they need to maximise procurement efficiency and value for money. Its contracts and framework agreements offer substantial savings through significant buying power, economies of scale and strategic partnerships. Once again, these savings are counted towards the Efficiency Review target. Rigorous tendering and evaluation processes ensure that products and services are checked for quality, price competitiveness, fitness for purpose and compliance with statutory requirements. These products and services are available through OGCbuying.solutions Catalist framework agreements and Managed Services.

Avaya’s accreditation on this agreement allows customers throughout the UK public sector to place orders directly with Avaya to obtain Avaya’s market-leading voice-over IP (VoIP) telephony products as well as a host of other solutions designed to create a converged voice and data network, all under pre-agreed standard terms and conditions. Within the Catalist framework agreement, Avaya can now sell all products within the Avaya portfolio, and products from key global partners Extreme Networks and Juniper. In addition, Avaya will deliver implementation and support services via its Global Services organisation.

With Avaya’s IP based solutions government agencies can optimise:

• Accessibility, Availability and Convenience: Solutions from Avaya are designed to support learning environments and the efficient delivery of citizen services.
• Security and Continuity: Across the public sector, Avaya technology effectively supports institutions responsible for public safety, national security, and emergency response.
• Return on Investment: Organisations can leverage legacy solutions and harness new sources of revenue through improved network management solutions from Avaya.
• Productivity and Efficiency: By using advanced technology to streamline the flow of information, public sector institutions can focus more on core responsibilities.

Thanks to the new Telecom Networks Framework Agreement, these advantages are now even more readily available to your organisation. You can read about Avaya’s role in the framework in more detail by visiting the OGC Buying Solutions Guide at http://online.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk.

For more information on Avaya’s OGCbuying.solutions accreditation please contact Avaya on ogc@avaya.com or by calling 0800 587 4671.