The Office of Government Procurement along with the other Sector Sourcing Organisations is implementing Government policy regarding the central coordination of procurement across multiple categories of expenditure. The Office of Government Procurement sourcing teams are currently engaged in over 160 active sourcing projects which vary significantly in terms of their scope, context, client requirements and objectives. Public Service Obligation contracts such as subsidised Aviation Services referred to, form a very small part of this work.
Before any sourcing activity takes place sourcing teams consider all key relevant factors such as customer requirements, technical specifications and innovations in the supply market, current issues and challenges, availability of potential alternatives in the supply market etc. The OGP relies on nominated client representatives from the contracting authority / authorities to provide local knowledge and experience to feed into this analysis.