What does OGC mean in POLICE

The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is an executive agency in the United Kingdom government. Its role is to help government departments and agencies make better use of goods, services and works by improving their buying processes, managing commercial relationships more effectively and improving their approach to procurement, among other tasks.

The Office of Government Commerce was established in 2000 as part of the UK’s Cabinet Office under then Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The core functions of OGC include advising on economic, efficient and effective purchase, supply and disposal; setting standards for good practice; monitoring departments’ compliance with Treasury rules; procuring and contracting; training staff in procurement; and leading discussions on shared services across government.

OGC promotes transparency by encouraging departments to publish details about their purchases online, including contracts above a certain value, details about suppliers and any awards made. This allows members of the public to see how taxpayers’ money is being spent.

OGC has launched a number initiatives over the years to ensure ethical practices are upheld within government procurement processes. These include an Anti-Fraud Framework, Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and an Anti-Bribery Statement which set out expectations for ethical behaviour in dealings with suppliers. It also provides guidance on areas such as modern slavery statements, gender pay gap reporting and conflict minerals declarations.

Although OGC primarily focuses on public sector procurement, it does provide advice on private sector procurement too. For example it offers guidance on developing high quality tenders that meet customer needs whilst driving value for money, best practices for contract management throughout its life cycle and how companies can reduce maverick spending.

The OGC website provides access to a wide range of resources for those working in procurement including case studies demonstrating good practice, news articles outlining relevant legislation changes, webinars offering insights into different approaches such as e-procurement systems or green purchasing guidelines as well as templates which can be adapted for particular situations or projects.

Yes information provided by OGC is available online via its website where you can find guidance documents covering topics such as ill health dismissals in corporate purchasing procedures as well as statistics relating to government spend patterns from across all departments since 2004/05 financial year onwards.

While many services offered by OGC are free of charge some do require payment such as training courses or specialist consultancy work related to your specific requirements.