Major Public Sector framework win for Veredus

Capita (and its trading arm Veredus) are pleased to announce that following a rigorous evaluation and selection process, they have been awarded a place on the Buying Solutions (*) framework agreement for Executive interim roles into the public sector/central government. The three year ‘Non Permanent Staff’ framework will commence on 23 August 2010 and Capita (and its trading arm Veredus) has been awarded a place under the following lots:

Lot 1b – One Stop Shop – Central Government.

Essentially this lot allows Veredus/Capita to provide a very wide range of contractors into Central Government across a number of functional disciplines.

Lot 6a – Board /Executive Committee – Whole Public Sector

This lot covers all Board Level and Executive positions across the whole public sector, including but not limited to roles such as Chief Executives and Directors of HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, Procurement and Sales.

Lot 6b – Board / Executive Committee – Central Government

This lot covers all Board Level and Executive positions across Central Government including but not limited to roles such as Chief Executives and Directors of HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, Procurement and Sales.

The objective of the framework is to put in place a contractual vehicle to facilitate the procurement of quality, value for money non permanent staff services by a potentially wide range of government and other public sector clients. The vision for the Non Permanent Staff framework is to maximise the public sectors combined purchasing power to leverage increased value for money, providing procurement excellence, generating innovation and offering customer choice.

Throughout the framework agreement Veredus will work collaboratively with its suppliers in meeting Government objectives and in achieving VFM gains, savings and efficient working practices.

Director of Interim Management at Veredus, John Laycock states: ‘This is a very significant win for Veredus and Capita in terms of being able to provide Central Government and the Public Sector with middle and senior level interim contractors through another approved framework arrangement. It will allow our customers to access the most experienced and latest interim talent through a pre-qualified framework, where quality, compliance and value for money were the central threads of the procurement exercise. We are already the largest member of the Interim Management Association and this important win will help consolidate this position. We look forward to working with Buying Solutions and indeed our new and existing public sector client base over the next three years.

(*) Buying Solutions is the national procurement partner for UK public services and is an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Cabinet Office.