Benefits for Public Sector Buyers
- Ability to collaborate: No-one should be in any doubt that collaboration is pivotal in the future of public sector procurement. Government simply cannot afford to waste time and duplicating effort with deals across commonly bought commodities that might (or might not) stand up to the test of best value. Zanzibar is the perfect shop window for the best value collaborative agreements and is the marketplace for the OGC endorsed collaborative deals and other pan government and regional and local best value agreements. User access is controlled by the buying organisation so buyers are directed towards the deals that make most economic sense for their organisation and comply with their buying policy.
- Easy to use: Optimising the spend of a huge and diverse organisation is no easy matter. ProcServe's business is all about making it easy for our customers. Our mission is to make Zanzibar into the ‘Amazon for public sector' and we are delighted to be told time and again by our users how straightforward Zanzibar is to use. Our leading edge range of online tools is simple to access and the user experience combines the best of online shopping with the security and robustness you would expect from a strategic government service.
- Management Information: Zanzibar's ‘Crown Jewels' is the ability to gather all the details of every transaction and store it in such a way that it can be used readily and easily by Procurement professionals. Zanzibar gives you live management information on what you buy, from whom and at what price using a UNSPSC coding standard that gives line item detail to the third and fourth pairing. It can even be mapped to other coding conventions so that Commercial and Finance Directors get the information they need, when they need it at the touch of a button.
- Cuts the overheads of catalogue management: Zanzibar's fully functional catalogues and content management system can be administered by the supplier cutting out the overhead of the buyer having to do this - freeing up time and resource for more value adding activities.
- Technical Integration - Capitalising on existing IT investments: Zanzibar connects easily to existing procurement and finance systems. ProcServe has worked with all of the main back office technology providers to produce tried and tested standard interfaces that reduce time and costs to our customers and give them a better, more seamless user experience.
- A complete hosted managed service: Zanzibar is a totally hosted managed service delivered by ProcServe. ProcServe has total responsibility for delivering and operating the service and ensuring that it meets all of Government's technical, security and service requirements. Zanzibar was designed by the Public Sector for the Public Sector.
- Simple Engagement: Zanzibar is available to all UK public sector organisations through a pre competed framework agreement.
Zanzibar and eSourcing
Linking Zanzibar to an eSourcing solution combines the power of these enabling tools to provide a natural repository of the catalogue output of procurements. Catalogue management and contract compliance are natural benefits.
Zanzibar and eAuctions
Providing perhaps the most effective, non-confrontational eNegotiation tool available, the baskets of goods and services negotiated via eAuctions are ideally suited to loading into Zanzibar as catalogues, to ensure that purchase orders use the right price lists and capture your hard won efficiencies.
Zanzibar and the Government Procurement Card
The Government Procurement Card (GPC) is playing a central role in helping the public sector achieve substantial eProcurement efficiency savings. Zanzibar is especially effective when combined with the GPC to fully enable the payment process and increase transactional savings.
