Online marketplace Zanzibar gets first NHS Trust customer.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 August 2006-UK Government: Online marketplace Zanzibar gets first NHS Trust customer(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:23082006 St. Mary's NHS Trust in Paddington has become the first in a consortium of 17 NHS Trusts to connect to its suppliers via the Zanzibar Managed Service and to realise the benefits of OGCbuying.solutions' online procurement marketplace, including estimated savings of over GBP4 million pounds over five years.

Mansel Chamberlain, procurement director of the Northwest London NHS Procurement Confederation, said: "In total, the 17 NHS Trusts in the Northwest London Procurement Confederation spend almost GBP1 billion pounds a year on supplies, and the potential for making savings is enormous. Five of the largest...