IBM has invested heavily in the UK and is committed to developing relationships in the Public Sector. The importance placed upon our Public Sector business is reflected in the resource and expertise dedicated to it by IBM, both in the UK and around the world. We demonstrate this through the 7,000 people working in our Public Sector business across Europe, our 20,000 employees in the UK, and our largest European software development laboratory being based in the UK at Hursley, near Winchester.

No matter what the IT infrastructure need is, IBM has solutions that can meet those needs while delivering total cost of ownership advantages. Our product line brings technology innovation, application flexibility, and autonomic capabilities for managing the heterogeneous mix of servers required to support dynamic electronic business. By providing unlimited scalability, support for open standards, low environmental impact, and mission-critical qualities of service, our products and services enable our customers to meet the needs of their organisations while enjoying a low total cost of ownership.

IBM is committed to offering the ‘best value’ available at a given time to all its clients, whether they are existing customers or not. We strive to ensure that our pricing reflects current market trends as well as delivers the satisfaction expected by our clients through the quality of our goods and services.

IBM strives to provide 'best value' for money throughout the term of the Catalist framework by taking into consideration the whole cycle of procurement from ‘cradle to grave’. We fully endorse the vision and mission of OGCbuying.solutions to deliver ‘savings for the nation’ and respect the benefits that such savings achieve for all of us as the nation.

Best value is a term that can often be misinterpreted. We understand that the efficiency targets and initiatives set by Government are there to achieve best value and efficiency gains for reduced or the same input. We commit to consider all aspects of our customer procurement cycles to help facilitate efficiency. We will help customers to understand the best fit for their requirements and offer alternatives if we can see a benefit to them in doing so. Our products and services are designed to offer 'best value' through delivering benefit to the user through improved performance and output, and solving business problems.