Reading Room appointed to Buying Solutions Framework

18/11/2009 - Manchester

Digital Communications agency Reading Room is entering an exciting new era, after becoming an official supplier under Buying Solutions' Software Applications Solutions framework agreement. The award comes after a hotly contested and rigorous procurement process led by Buying Solutions, the largest public buying organisation in the UK.

Having built a reputation for delivering inspiring solutions to the public sector, Reading Room has completed significant web consultancy and design projects for the likes of the NHS, Cabinet Office, Norfolk Constabulary and Cambridge County Council. The agency is now taking its place alongside the likes of Deloitte and Fujitsu Services Limited.

Buying Solutions provide a professional procurement service to public sector organisations enabling them to deliver improved value for money in their commercial activities. It's an approach shared by Reading Room CEO, Margaret Manning: "Over the last 12 years we've developed an end-to-end service model that allows us to produce the highest quality work fast, on schedule, and on budget. Everything we do is focused on the user and on practical ways to deliver value for money. We're currently one of the leading agencies bringing re-usable open source technologies and expertise in social media to the digital government community, as well as best of breed commercial applications."

Buying Solutions is the national procurement partner for UK pubilc services and an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury. Their remit extends across central government, local government and the wider public sector including health, education, devolved administrations, emergency services, defence, utilities and not-for-profit sectors. The new framework agreement will allow these organisations to benefit from the very best in cost-effective, cutting-edge digital communications.

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