Dear finance dept, here's one way to save money;
Question invoices such as those charging £370 for a molex connector that would only cost £1.79 in Maplins. Lets hit back at the system that allows a public sector contract being a cash cow for the private sector!
How about units holding budgets of their own, where they can for example, pop down to Staples for the stationary. Units will also be able to have a loyalty card and make benefit of the discount offers and vouchers! Local purchasing at local prices, leaving out the 'middle-persons'.
Bearing in mind that the stationary expenditure is one of the highest wastes of money for any Police Force, this is only one area where a national plan won't be as economic as it could be.