Local authorities in Ireland are adopting new technology to help communicate more easily with their suppliers. A new solution, already implemented by Kerry County Council, allows suppliers to submit their annual quotes online using dynamic e-forms through www.LAQuotes.ie. The solution was developed in-house by the local authority, and during an initial three-week test period, received 107,000 quotations from 1,300 suppliers. It has since been adopted by eight further local authorities around the country, with plans to extend it to others in 2006. "Requesting and processing quotations from supp...

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