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Public Sector | Local Public Service Supplier Forum |
 Technology plays an important function in local government: it is a key enabler to increase efficiency, reduce operational costs, and improve the quality of services to citizens. With the financial pressures placed on local authorities technology will continue to be a pivotal tool to drive improvements in service delivery, rationalise services and streamlines processes.
At a glance
The forum, which is jointly run by Intellect and Socitm, has grown out of what was the Local Government Supplier Forum which was established in April 2004. The aim was, and still is, specifically to foster closer working, better understanding and mature relationships between the public service delivery community (specifically local government and third sector,) and industry suppliers operating in the marketplace. Member companies range in size from large multinationals to niche consultancies.
The group raises issues from across the sector ranging from the governance and structure of local government and personalisation of services to the impact of the green agenda on local government and identifies areas of common concern to both Intellect and Socitm members. A management committee is responsible for taking forward the work of the forum.
Local Public Service Supplier Forum meeting dates
- 24/05/2012 - **Postponed** Public Sector | Local Public Service Supplier Forum – How do you make a strategic partnership work?
 Chair
Graeme Stewart
Public Sector Business Development Director
Sophos
Graeme has worked supplier side in the IT industry for over 15 years, with the last 11 years at software vendors. He has worked with customers mainly in Government and the Defence sectors, and is a regular speaker at conferences, dinners and seminars. Currently he is working with PSN GB and the Cabinet Office assisting the building of the next generation Government network, as well as running Sophos’s engagements with the likes of CESG and the Defence sector.
Graeme lives in Gloucestershire with his wife, two young children and a goldfish called Fangdango. Like most men in this sort of position, he is basically an upmarket cashpoint and taxi service.
 Chair
Peter Bole
Kent County Council
Peter Bole is Head of ICT Commissioning at Kent County Council. He is responsible for ICT strategy and identifying and sourcing the council's business and ICT solutions. Starting his career in computer programming and ICT training, Peter joined Kent County Council as a financial systems developer in 1990. When a single ICT function was established across the council in 1997, he became Head of ICT Service Delivery and was responsible for the rationalisation of the then multiple ICT teams, networks and technical architectures. He also worked on the design of an ICT delivery model that would improve the alignment of ICT with the strategic objectives of the council, and established the discrete roles of CIO (Commissioning) and CTO (Operations). His focus over the past 4 years has been the development and delivery of regional partnerships, local engagement with national ICT strategy and providing the public service lead for broadband deployment and development for Kent's businesses and communities.
Focus of the Local Public Service Supplier Forum
- identify areas of common interest between the Local Government community and the supplier community, e.g. educational events, joint approaches to particular policy areas, etc.
- agree how work on particular issues can be taken forward in a practical way
- act as a channel for ideas and issues from the different constituencies involved, feeding these to bodies such as the Socitm National Council
Members of Intellect’s Local Public Service Supplier Forum
Abacus e-Media Accenture (UK) Ltd ActivIdentity UK AMTEC Consulting Plc Apple (UK) Ltd ARM Ltd Atkins Management Consultants Atos Origin Bespoke Learning Tools Ltd BidPartners Ltd Bite Communications Ltd BT Group Plc
Cable & Wireless UK Capgemini UK Plc Chase Information Technology Services Ltd Civica Plc Clicks and Links Ltd Consilium Technologies* DAV Management Ltd Dell Computer Corporation Ltd Deloitte Detica Ltd EDS EGA Ltd eLINIA WebServices eManagement Ltd Equifax Plc ESRI (UK) Ltd* Experian Ltd Formic Ltd Fujitsu Services Ltd Hamilton Hall Consultants Ltd HEDRA Ltd Hewlett-Packard Ltd Hytec Information Security Ltd* IBM United Kingdom Ltd* ILOG Ltd Infiniti Ltd ION Information Technologies Ltd Lagan LDC Lexmark International Ltd Liberata UK Ltd LogicaCMG Plc* Mentis Management Consultants Ltd Methods Consulting Ltd Microsoft Ltd Mills & Reeve Mitel Networks Neopost Ltd Nexor Ltd Northgate Information Solutions UK Ltd Novell UK Oakleigh Consulting Ltd Open Text UK Ltd Ovum Ltd PA Consulting Group Productivity Computer Solutions Ltd RelQ Europe Ltd Ricoh UK Products Ltd RSe Consulting Ltd SAP (UK) Ltd SAS SCC PLC Serco Solutions SFW Ltd Simmons & Simmons Software AG UK Ltd SunGard Aspiren SunGard Vivista Ltd Sybase (UK) Ltd Symantec (UK) Ltd Tata Consultancy Services Thales Plc Top Level Consulting Triad Group Plc Unilink Systems & Software Unisys Ltd Westminster Systems Ltd WTG Technologies Limited Zeta Compliance Technologies Ltd Get in touch
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