Headlines: August 19th, 2008

OGCbuying.solutions, an Executive Agency of HM Treasury, has secured a deal with Hewlett Packard that allows public bodies to buy a range of commonly purchased print devices at discounts ranging up to 50%.

The deal is available exclusively through HP resellers on the OGCbuying.solutions’ IT Goods and Associated Services framework agreement. Each reseller will be offering varying prices which will stimulate competition.

David Parker, IT Category Manager from OGCbuying.solutions said: “This is an exceptional deal for our customers. We have worked hard with HP and its channel partners to ensure it delivers cash savings. It hits all the right buttons in terms of cash savings and green technology issues.”

The deal,which will be available until the end of October 2008, is expected to make significant cashable savings for the public purse.

The resellers are Centerprise International Ltd, Computacenter (UK) Ltd, DSGi Business, European Electronique, Fujitsu Services, Insight Direct (UK) Ltd, Misco, Probrand Ltd, Specialist Computer Centre (SCC) plc and XMA Limited.