Bids

Efficient Government Fund Bids

Shown below are the bids received to the Efficient Government Fund. Please note that the assessment of applications was not confined to these documents alone and comments and advice were sought from other parties.

To view the Approved bids in full, click on the bid number/title in the table on this page. To view the Unsuccessful and Withdrawn bids, follow the links listed here:

Approved Bids invited to submit to Stage 2
Bid Number and Title

EGF 1/1/004 Emergency Services Fleet Collaboration

Increased collaboration between the three emergency services in respoect of the procurement, supply, operation, maintenance and disposal of vehicle fleet and associated equipment.

EGF 1/1/007 Highland CPP Business Improvement Team

To pilot a regional and cross service approach to identifying and securing efficiencies in Highland using a proven approach.

EGF 1/1/008 Clyde Valley Forum Non Domestic Rates Collection

The project's aim is to set up a shared service for the collection of non domestic rates for the councils participating in the Clyde Valley Forum.

EGF 11/1/009 Continous Improvement Team for Local Authority Procurement

To realise £72.5M savings over 5 years through better buying and extended collaboration.

EGF 1/1/011 Ayrshire ICT Project Partnership

Bridging Partners Data/Voice Networks into one 'virtual' Ayrshire-wide Public Service Network, facilitating shared back office services.

EGF 1/1/012 eProcurement for Higher Education/Further Education Institutions

To extend the benefits of e-procurement to Higher Education/Further Education institutions across Scotland through their progressive migration onto the proven eProcurement Scotl@nd (EPS) Programme.

EGF 1/1/014 Orkney Islands Support Services - Integration of services

To improve efficiency in the managment and delivery of support services in both Orkney Islands Council and NHS Orkney by means of closer working and/or integration of selected support services.

EGF 1/1/018 Integrated e-planning throughout Scotland

To deliver services more efficiently and effectively to customers and stakeholders by an integrated e-planning service throughout Scotland that allows planning applications to be completed online and submitted electronically to planning authorities.

EGF 1/1/024 Edinburgh Non-Domestic Rate

The aim of this project is to facilitate the delivery of a shared Non Domestic Rate income billing and collection services for a cluster of local authorities in the South East of Scotland.

EGF 1/1/027 West of Scotland Procurement

Undertake Best Practice Implementation of eProcurement Scotl@nd (ePS).

EGF 1/1/034 Shetland Community Planning

Investigation of the full range of options for co-operation between public sector organisations in Shetland to improve the efficiency and quality of delivery of public services.

EGF 1/1/044 Tayside Tax Collection Project

The project is to increase collection levels of Council Tax in respect of current year and previous years arrears.

EGF 1/2/052 Lanarkshire Workforce Training

To provide better outcomes from and inputs to workforce training.

EGF 1/2/056 Edinburgh Voluntary Sector Web Based Portal

To develop a web based portal which will deliver improved communications between partners in the Edinburgh Compact and the 1800 voluntary and community sector organisations operating within Edinburgh and, which will support the delivery of significant efficiency savings within these organisations.

EGF 1/2/057 Fife Wireless/mobile technology partnership

To extend and enhance the existing use of wireless/mobile technology across a number of services within the Council and in partnership with Fife NHS.

EGF 1/3/064 Unified Scottish Scientific Service

Establishment of a Scottish Scientific Service, joining up the scientific services laboratories operated bu Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow Councils into a unified organisation.

EGF 1/3/065 Aberdeen ICT

The vision is the creation of an ICT Shared Infrastructure /Service Centre which will standardise and bring together the delivery of agreed core IT and communication services for participating public sector organisations in Grampian.

EGF 1/3/066 Criminal Justice co-location in West Lothian

The objective of the project is to provide the delivery of efficient, effective public services at the point of greatest need of users taking advantage of major working partnership opportunities within a new efficient and flexible workspace.

EGF 1/3/068 Central College Data Management

Further Education Colleges handle and process extensive data from many different clients and also with a limited number of external agencies and stakeholders such as SQA, SFEFC and SAAS.

EGF 1/3/072 Grampian Equipment & Adaptations Service

To create a "Grampian and Equipment and Adaptation Service" to promote a strategic approach to integrated, planned services.

EGF 1/3/073 Standardised Police Recruitment

To design a standardised recruitment process for 4 Scottish Police Forces with potential to expand, aligning all 8 Scottish Forces through one common process.

EGF 1/3/075 Recovery and Enforcement of Court Fines

Transform the recovery and enforcement of court fines and penalties through specialised administration processes and robust "opt-out" sanctions.

EGF 1/3/077 Electronic Evidence in Scottish Courts

Increased preparation and usage of electronically presented evidence ( known in criminal justice system as 'productions') across the Scottish Criminal Justice System.

EGF 1/3/080 Strathclyde Police Performance Management

The project aims, using proven and readily available techniques and technology, to develop and deliver a vehicle to implement effective performance management within and across the police service in Scotland.

EGF 1/3/082 Clackmannanshire Multi-Agency Shared Service Centre

The primary aim of the project is to develop and deploy a multi-agency share service capability initially for Clackmannanshire, Stirling and Falkirk Councils.

EGF 1/3/085 Scots Transport Asset Management

This project has been developed by SCOTS (Society of Chief Officers of Transportation in Scotland) in response to the recommendations made in the Audit Scotland report "Maintaining Scotland's Roads".

EGF 1/3/086 Integrated Transport for Health and Social Services Users

This project will seek to find efficiencies in and to improve transport services for health and social services users.

EGF 1/3/092 Tayside Public Sector Procurement

The project is to develop and implement a public sector procurement framework within Tayside. The local authorities within Tayside would implement the eProcurement Scotl@and platform and corporate procurement strategy and processes.







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