Local Government

EGS provides the largest eCommerce marketplace network in the UK public sector.

Our best-known solution for local government is the IDeA:marketplace.

For local government buying organisations, our Spend Management solutions cover the totality of the procurement through payment cycle, comprising:

  • eSourcing and competition management
  • eProcurement, including on-line content access and selection, eOrdering, automated workflow management
  • eInvoicing, including receipting and automated matching and payment release (working with P-Cards as appropriate)
  • Contract and performance management and monitoring
  • Extensive, collaborative access to purchasing data, including benchmarking and procurement intelligence services

For suppliers, we provide a range of e-enablement services for small companies wishing to trade with our commercial and public sector customers.

We also provide a range of solutions to help cut suppliers' costs of order intake, invoicing, and payment recovery and to extend their market reach and market intelligence. Moreover, suppliers need only one point of entry to access a growing customer base that already exceeds £5 billion in spending power.

We work closely with other solutions and services providers in the eCommerce environment, to enable our clients to receive best-of-breed solutions to meet their individual needs.

Our solutions are offered to our customers through a range of marketplaces, branded as our clients wish. This can range from national brands, such as IDeA:marketplace, through regional collaborative environments such as the Derbyshire Partnership and Norfolk County Council in partnership with ESPO, to individual branded sites for specific buying organisations, such as the Institute of Cancer Research.

To contact EGS click here.