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Find Me Some Government Space

Presented by Government Property Unit

Developed by CDS Digital www.cds.co.uk

24th January 2013

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“find me some government space” (FMSGS)

Project goal: A publicly available, single view of Government land and building assets available for sale and lease made up from:

Central Government assets in England, Scotland and Wales (NI to follow)

Government Property Unit (GPU) commissioned the project in November 2012

Aligned to policy objectives of GPU and Cabinet Office:

Accelerating delivery of cost savings and sustainability targets

Helping Departments identify surplus and underutilised property assets

Collaboration between Departments for interdepartmental estate rationalisation and co-location

Maintaining an up-to-date database of all central civil Government property and future accommodation requirements (e-PIMS™)

e-PIMS™ Application created using Government owned ‘Electronic Property

Information Mapping Service (e-PIMS™) platform

Central database of Government Central Civil Estate properties and land

Mandatory for all Government Departments and used by all three devolved administrations

Includes surplus land from NHS

The e-PIMS™ platform runs multiple applications including:

Sustainability Tools

Document Collaboration Solutions

Project delivered in 8 weeks – only possible by using the e-PIMS™ platform

Project aligned to Government Digital Service (GDS) strategy

CDS

Supplier to Government and the wider Public Sector since 1994

Working with e-PIMS™ and Cabinet Office since 2004

SME supplier based in Leeds and London

Works with Government and the wider public sector to deliver strategic digital applications and communication projects, such as:

Environment Agency flood warning systems

Transport for London website

Highways Agency website

London 2012 design and branding activities

Central Government Collaboration projects

Working with Government Digital Service (GDS) to support Government digital strategy

Developed project using Agile, rapid delivery

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24th January 2013

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