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"PA’s ability to blend with FCO staff and make a significant difference was excellent."

Roger Seager, Head, Corporate Procurement Group, Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Optimising procurement in a global organisation

We helped the Foreign and Commonwealth Office deliver £8.1m of savings in its procurement operation

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO) has a global procurement spend of £730m. Managing this spend and generating savings was challenging because a high degree of budgetary and decision-making control had been devolved to front-line managers and over half of the FCO’s procurement expenditure is managed by overseas posts. The FCO asked PA Consulting Group (PA) to conduct a strategic review of its global procurement operation and implement a programme to deliver savings.

During the strategic review, PA identified and implemented a series of quick wins, then led an opportunity planning workshop to pinpoint further savings. As well as project management guidance we gave hands-on support in other areas, providing a savings and progress tracking toolkit, expert advice on analytical techniques and links to potential collaborating parties across the public sector.

PA substantially exceeded the FCO’s target of £3m savings in the first year with finance-approved savings of £8.1m. The project is on track to deliver savings worth £11m by 2011.

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