UK Public Bodies eCommerce Framework (6182D)
May 18 2012 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6182D
@UK PLC
18 May 2012
Embargoed for 7:00am release 18 May 2012
@UK PLC
("@UK" or the "Company")
UK Public Bodies eCommerce Framework
@UK PLC (AIM:ATUK.L), the cloud eCommerce marketplace, is
pleased to announce that it has been awarded a four year national
eCommerce framework agreement for all UK public bodies. @UK is the
only organisation that has been named in all three lots of the
framework, being Catalogue Solution, Spend Analysis and P2P
Transaction Exchange and is therefore the only organisation that
can provide a complete solution under the framework.
The framework covers all UK public bodies, comprising the NHS,
local authorities, educational establishments, police and emergency
services, central Government departments and their agencies,
registered charities, housing authorities and social landlords.
Chairman of @UK, Ronald Duncan said: - "The framework has been
led by the NHS in response to the National Audit Office report
which used @UK's unique technology to identify GBP500 million of
savings in NHS consumables through the use of eCommerce. We are the
only company to have been successful in each of the three lots of
the national framework agreement and believe the scale of this
framework, and our unique position, means that it could be a
significant driver of new business for @UK. We look forward to
working with all public sector bodies to identify and deliver their
savings through use our Spend Analysis and eCommerce
Marketplace."
Enquiries:
@UK PLC Tel: 0118 963 7000
Ronald Duncan, Chairman
Westhouse Securities Limited Tel: 020 7601 6100
Tom Griffiths/ Richard
Johnson
Newgate Threadneedle Tel: 020 7653 9850
Caroline Evans-Jones/
Alex White
@UK PLC
@UK is Europe's leading Cloud Platform with over 1 million
users, which is used for Universities' and Colleges' procurement
along with Local Authority, Schools and other Government and
Private sector procurement.
The GeM marketplace for Universities on Colleges is the only
card based national marketplace in the world and was successfully
delivered for the 800 Universities and Colleges and the 680
National Suppliers, proving that Cloud Ecommerce delivers large
complex projects for Government on time and budget.
Richard Benyon MP Minster for the Natural Environment, launched
the @UK Green Ecommerce Marketplace back in October 2010, and it is
now the largest repository of product carbon footprints in the
World.
@UK was used by the National Audit Office to identify over
GBP500 million in savings for 25% of NHS spend. The ground breaking
SpendInsight system used to identify the savings resulted in the
award of 2 PhD's in artificial intelligence.
@UK delivers key government commitments of Savings
Sustainability, and SME Inclusion along with support for start-ups.
@UK PLC has now created over 200,000 start up businesses and
recently launched a new Cloud-Start-Up.com service to provide a
complete suite of cloud business software to start-ups along with
the essentials of Limited Company, Bank Account, Domain Name,
Email, Ecommerce, Accounting system and membership of the @UK
business club.
This has been followed by the announcement of the
2012StartUp.com campaign, which is supported by the AIM market of
the London Stock Exchange, the Forum of Private Business, and
Software Industry Association BASDA. The campaign aims for a 27%
growth of 100,000 start up companies and growth for existing
businesses. It is a practical campaign that will result in
companies being formed and growing through @UK's technology.
@UK has 6 key competitive advantages
-- SpendInsight uses unique artificial intelligence to
automatically identify savings and is available on a national
framework contract
-- Ecommerce Marketplace realises the savings through correct
pricing vs catalogue marketplaces which are unable to support
carriage, or complex pricing
-- GreenInsight provides unique sustainability analysis and
-- Hybrid Carbon Footprints enabling universal carbon footprints
at a price break through of GBP4 per item
-- High performance cloud technology underpinning the system
-- Start up service allowing start ups to immediately start trading
These services are all immediately available to public sector
bodies via the G-Cloud framework where @UK is a provider of
services in all 4 lots (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and other services).
@UK is included in the Software and Computer Services Sector
(9530).
For further information please visit the @UK PLC websites
Investor Site http://www.uk-plc.net/invest
Main Site http://www.uk-plc.net
SpendInsight Site http://www.spendinsight.com
GreenInsight Site http://www.green-insight.com
Hybrid Carbon Footprint Site
http://www.hybridcarbonfootprint.com
Cloud-Start-Up.com http://cstartup.com
2012StartUp.com http://www.2012Startup.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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