4.1 To achieve value for money, particularly given the current public finance constraints, Government must look to secure better commercial arrangements - both in new contracts and in existing projects. Getting better outcomes for less requires a mindset prepared to challenge and improve previous arrangements. In most cases, this will require public sector officials working collaboratively with their private sector counterparts, on both projects and programmes, to examine issues such as:
• the nature of the services required and how they might best be delivered;
• how the private sector can be incentivised to identify efficiencies where cost savings can be shared with the public sector; and
• how the Government can secure prices which recognise the volume of business it makes available to the private sector.