The Zanzibar Managed Service is a key part of the UK Government’s procurement strategy - an innovative Web-enabled purchase-to-payment (P2P) system and eMarketplace.
PA worked together with its consortium of partners to provide Zanzibar, an innovative system which enables public sector buyers and private sector suppliers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to transact easily over the Internet – regardless of size. They can now transact requisitions, orders and invoices in a complete and entirely electronic end-to-end process.
It is available to all public sector organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland under an OGCbuying.solutions Framework Agreement and is a key part of the Government’s procurement strategy.
PA managed the design and implementation of the procurement and eGovernment solutions, ranging from providing strategic advice and developing the business case, through to managing and delivering large, highly complex eProcurement solutions, systems development, organisational change and programme management.
How Zanzibar transforms eProcurement
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Zanzibar delivers
The many advantages of Zanzibar include:
- maximum efficiencies in UK public sector procurement
- greater attractiveness of the UK public sector marketplace to suppliers
- a catalyst for collaborative opportunities
- faster eProcurement take-up in larger organisations
- a low-cost eProcurement solution for smaller public sector organisations.
The Zanzibar system has five core elements:
- a public sector marketplace – with hosted catalogues and the ability to ‘punch out’ to external suppliers
- an optional P2P system – for you to access the marketplace, via a Web browser, send orders and receive invoices
- a data warehouse – with secure access to information about all the transactions that have passed through Zanzibar
- a supplier portal – enabling single-point access for suppliers
- integration facilities – allowing you and your suppliers to integrate existing eProcurement, finance and sales order systems with Zanzibar.
Client references
Link to www.zanzibaronline.gov.uk
Contact us
If you are a public sector organisation or supplier and want to find out more about the Zanzibar Managed Service, please contact us:
Omer Wilson
Zanzibar Managed Service
PA Shared Services Limited
123 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SR
E-mail: zanzibar@pasharedservices.com
Phone: +44 20 7333 5444
If you are a journalist, please contact heather.smith@paconsulting.com (+44 20 7312 4975).
