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Overview The first year of the ODPM/LGA National Procurement Strategy (NPS) has been a year of achievement for local government. As this paper explains, there is much progress to report. With the 2005 milestones already in sight there is, of course, more to be done as well. Partnership between LGA, ODPM, other government departments, IDeA, EO and 4ps, suppliers and professional bodies has driven the NPS forward and remains critical to its successful implementation.

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Publisher	Improvement and Development Agency	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	February 2005	Downloads	9
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement and Sourcing

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