The Procurement Agency for Essex (PAE)

Established in April 2004, the Procurement Agency for Essex was the UK's first example of a genuinely cross public sector, self–funding & county wide Procurement organisation.

The role of the PAE is to promote & facilitate collaborative procurement across Essex. The PAE provides the following services:

PAE 2010 is a cross sector regional project resulting from the Essex Collaborative Procurement review carried out by a cross sector working group in early 2009.

Improvement East is funding an innovative project led by Essex County Council to establish a collaborative approach to category management, procurement and supplier relationship development across the public sector in Essex in 3 pilot categories: ICT, Commercial Fleet and Passenger Transport. The programme is supported by Fire and Rescue, Police, Health, Probation Service and Higher and Further Education, as well as Local Authorities.

Aims of PAE2010:

For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2007

For more information please read the PAE Annual Report 2005/2006



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