Parity wins award to supply Interim Management Expertise through Catalist Framework

    /24-7PressRelease/ - July 26, 2006 - Parity's Resources business has been successful in winning the IT Interim Management award to supply through OGCbuying.solutions' framework, Catalist. This is in addition to their recent win to supply resources through Catalist's Specialist Contractors framework in both the IT and Project and Programme Management categories.

Interim Management is increasingly acknowledged as one of the most flexible and immediately effective resourcing solutions for instant access to top talent and a powerful alternative to traditional resourcing and consultancy solutions. "The demand for Interim Management recruitment is growing at 20% per annum and being driven by a need for change among organisations," says Alan Rommel, Corporate Accounts Director at http://www.parity.net/resources/ [Parity Resources].

Interims have the skills and competencies in managing business critical projects and the knowledge of how to approach problems, combined with an ability to quickly become productive in demanding situations. An increasing number of successful business professionals who thrive on variety, delivery value and complex organisational challenges requiring the management of change are choosing this profession.

Alan Rommel continues, "Being given the opportunity to supply through this framework really is testimony to our commitment to the public sector. It builds on our long-standing reputation for providing high-quality staff to a large number of public sector bodies. It also underlines the fact that Parity has the capacity and expertise to provide candidates that can solve complex business and technical issues."

Parity Resources has generated total revenues of over 60 million through public sector work alone during 2005 with over 30 million of this being generated through S-Cat, enjoying an excellent relationship with OGCbuying.solutions over the last few years. This new framework will help develop a further foothold for Parity in the public sector.

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About OGCbuying.solutions

OGCbuying.solutions is the trading arm of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), which is itself an office of HM Treasury. OGC was launched on 1 April 2000 as a result of a review of civil procurement in Central Government. Its aim is to achieve substantial value for money improvements in the Government's procurement budget and to oversee and implement the Government's wider Efficiency Review across the entire public sector. OGCbuying.solutions, launched in April 2001, provides public sector procurement professionals with a route to the products and services they need to maximise procurement efficiency and value for money. Its contracts and framework agreements offer substantial savings through significant buying power, economies of scale and strategic partnerships. Once again, these savings are counted towards the Efficiency Review target. Rigorous tendering and evaluation processes ensure that products and services are checked for quality, price competitiveness, fitness for purpose and compliance with statutory requirements. These products and services are available through OGCbuying.solutions Catalist framework agreements and Managed Services.

The Catalist brand is designed to unify the framework agreements under one identifiable and recognisable brand name. Catalist incorporates a series of framework agreements which have been developed to offer our customers a broad range of goods and services aligned to their particular needs.

Managed Services are predominantly more sophisticated, requiring expertise and additional support from OGCbuying.solutions.

Contact us on 0845 410 222 to find out how we can help you or visit http://www.ogcbuying.solutions.gov.uk

For further information - please contact: Holly Riggs,
Tel: + 44 01603 704742
Email: [email protected]

About Parity Group Plc:

Parity has provided a dedicated specialist Public Sector service for more than 10 years and offers a full range of IT services including:

All staffing services, including contract and permanent
Interim Management
Managed Service programs
Business process consultancy
Management and technology training
IT systems development and management
Oracle and Microsoft technology specialist application skills
Change Management
Project & Programme Management Specialisms

Parity can offer candidate referencing and can provide staff with BC, BCE, CTC, SC or DV security clearance levels. Our premises have been accredited by HMG to store and process classified information.

Public Sector customers across the group include HM Prison Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for Education & Skills, Department for Work & Pensions, HM Revenue & Excise, DEfRA, Ministry of Defence, NASA, NHS Connecting for Health, The Cabinet Office, The Home Office, Department of Constitutional Affairs, and Office of Government and Commerce.

For further information, please contact Caroline Overholt or Gina Cannon at Parity:
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8545 6568
Email: [email protected]

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