Minister Chloe Smith launched the CDS developed application Find Me Some Government Space – a new website to sell government buildings. This is the press launch slide deck.

1. Find Me Some Government Space
Presented by Government Property Unit
Developed by CDS Digital www.cds.co.uk
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2. “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™)

3. 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

4. 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
 ww.cds.co.uk

16. Thanks for Listening
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