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The work of the procurement team has also become much more rewarding, with staff making a value-adding contribution to the Council's acquisition of goods and services. The changes have also meant that the Council has met e-Government requirements and ultimately delivered crucial Gershon target savings. Rotherham MBC

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Sharing best practice

Partnership with our local authority customers is inherent to COA Solutions and embedded in our culture. Our approach is based upon the accumulation of knowledge and best practice gained from delivering shared services and efficiency savings to many local authorities.

Our financial management, procurement and HR and payroll solutions can deliver collaborative working practices within and across multiple organisations, and can be delivered via a number of different mechanisms. We have a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from local authority implementations ready to share with your project team in order to achieve the improved efficiency and service delivery aims of your council, and assist with the Transformational Government agenda.

One size does not fit all

We strongly believe that 'one size does not fit all'. At COA Solutions, we provide systems to cover the entire spectrum of local government, and recognise that the requirements of district councils differ significantly from those of county councils, London boroughs and metropolitan borough councils. Hence, we are the only supplier that provides alternative solutions to meet these differing requirements.

Solutions for shared services

As 'one size does not fit all' in terms of the solutions chosen by authorities, the same philosophy applies to shared services. Some local authorities may wish to fully outsource its solutions, drawing on existing infrastructure and expertise of shared service environments. Others may simply require on-site support where the IT department are responsible for managing both the hardware and underlying software technologies.

For over 10 years, we have been providing shared service environments to the public sector. This is very much at the forefront of our Transformational Government strategy.

UK focused solutions

COA Solutions is a UK focused business with 11 offices serving in excess of 3,000 customers, and employs over 450 staff nationwide. We are the one of the largest supplier of financial management and procurement solutions to UK local government with over 70 local authorities using our software. We are dedicated to working with our customers to ensure that we continue to develop and supply our own market leading business applications to the local government market, developed and supported here in the UK.