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CCS to showcase digital innovation at DigiGov Expo 2025
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will host a dedicated pavilion at this year’s DigiGov Expo, the UK’s largest public sector technology event, taking place at ExCeL London on 24 to 25 September 2025. The new CCS Pavilion will bring together technology suppliers and public sector buyers, creating opportunities to explore innovative solutions that can transform public […]
Crown Commercial Service announces a new Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft UK, replacing the Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21)
SPA24, which replaces the expiring Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21) and will take effect on 1 November 2024, offers access to enhanced value across Microsoft’s portfolio of products and services to eligible public sector organisations, regardless of the size of the organisation or the procurement route used. SPA24, which will take effect on 1 November […]
Latest iteration of Cloud Compute agreement awarded for high-volume cloud hosting
Crown Commercial Service is providing public sector organisations with more choice in how they access cloud technology solutions through the award of our Cloud Compute 2 [RM6292] agreement. The new agreement builds on the existing Cloud Compute agreement and will continue to allow customers to purchase flexible, high-volume public cloud solutions. The new agreement will […]
Crown Commercial Service announces the next iteration of a Memorandum of Understanding with IBM
This next iteration of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) builds and expands on the scope of the previous agreement signed in 2020, with additional discounts to cover IBM’s suite of cloud and software products. It will allow UK public sector customers to access a competitive baseline of pricing by recognising our aggregated public sector spend, […]
Record £3.8 billion commercial benefits delivered though Crown Commercial Service agreements
CCS agreements provide public sector bodies with a choice of approved suppliers who offer the best value, leveraging the scale of public sector demand. By using these agreements, public sector customers can achieve commercial benefits such as reduced costs compared to market prices and better value in contract terms and conditions. Results The newly published […]
Legacy vs cloud ICT infrastructure
But first, what is the government’s policy and why? The government’s Cloud First Policy and desire for digital transformation to improve outcomes has produced demonstrable benefits across the public sector. In the government roadmap for digital and data, mission 4 lays out how we will modernise across the public sector, making sure all our major […]
Closing the digital skills gap to support digital transformation
Digital transformation has gained enormous momentum over the past decade, and has accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The future delivery of public services will rely heavily on digital platforms and channels that broadly reach UK citizens efficiently. The demand for skilled people in the digital industry is higher than what the market can provide, […]
G-Cloud 13 agreement goes live
Thousands of small businesses have once again won the chance to bid to supply cloud computing services to the public sector. G-Cloud 13 has now been awarded and is live for customers to buy from. 5,006 suppliers have each been awarded a place on the agreement. Over 40,000 services will be available for customers to […]
Helping the public sector move to the cloud on their digital transformation journey
Start your journey to the cloud The cloud market is flooded with options that disrupt the ways in which IT departments provision, manage and orchestrate resources. It is no longer a question of ‘if’, but instead ‘when’ for organisations that are yet to begin their digital journey into the cloud. One of the main considerations […]