Audit office endorses outsourcing scheme
3 April 2012
National Savings has won approval from the National Audit Office for its radical purchasing scheme, with outsourcing specialists Siemens Business Services (SBS), a year after it started.
An NAO report, Public-Private Partnership with Siemens Business Services, said that “the procurement was properly planned, the requirements of the deal well specified and that the process was competitive throughout, which gives assurances that the price paid by National Savings was the best obtainable in the market”.
The report added that National Savings’...