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Procserve

Procserve (Procserve Holdings Limited.) is an eProcurement software company and subsidiary of technology and management consulting company PA Consulting Group. The company provide a cloud-based eMarketplace which facilitates online transactions between buyers and sellers.

Customers Customers past and present include the UK Home Office, The Crown Commercial Service , The Welsh Assembly Government , The Department of Education , The Bank of England , and the National Policing Improvement Agency.

Technology Procserve’s Commerce Network (PCN) is a cloud-based-commerce solution which provides visibility and control of spend in organisations and the creation of an end-to-end electronic paperless process. 3.4 million transactions have been processed via the Procserve Commerce Network (PCN) on the network over the past five years (between 1999 and 2014).

The Procserve Commerce Network hosts eMarketplaces including: buy4my, Government eMarketplace, xchangewales eTrading, xchangewales eTrading for Schools, Procurement for Housing eMarketplace and the National Police Procurement Hub. Procserve exceeded 3.4m transactions on the network between 2008 and 2013.

Company Overview Procserve was founded in 2006 to support the UK Government's eCommerce strategy. The company currently provide managed services for the UK Government eMarketplace - Zanzibar, the Welsh Assembley Government eMarketplace - xchangewales and the National Police Procurement Hub. The current CEO is Nigel Clifford and The PA Consulting Group is the majority shareholder.

Company History 2004: The UK Government commissioned a government efficiency review under Sir Peter Gershon. 2005: The PA Consulting Group, with a consortium of technology partners, is commissioned to create a government eMarketplace in response to the findings of the Gershon Review. Zanzibar, an early eMarketplace provider, is formed. 2006: Procserve was founded to manage Zanzibar. Veera Johnson was the first CEO. 2007. The Department of Education commissions the OPEN eMarketplace (now buy4my) to be provided by Procserve. Impaq Business Solutions is acquired by Procserve. 2008: The Welsh Government commissions xchangewales. 2010: Jim Knox becomes CEO. 2011: The National Police Improvement Agency commissions the National Police Procurement Hub, now managed by the Home Office. 2012: Nigel Clifford becomes CEO. Procserve wins an innovation award from the Department of Work and Pensions for its "Low Value Procurement" solution. 2013: Procserve processes over £1 billion of public sector transactions.