About the marketplace The DMP can help you meet apprenticeship targets and maximise the use of your apprenticeship levy. All of our DMP providers are on the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) register of approved training providers (RoATP) and/or the Register of End-Point Assessment Organisations (RoEPAO). There are currently 142 training organisations appointed and […]
Sectors Archives:
Procurement and the pandemic: how CCS rose to the challenge of Covid-19
Procurement and the Pandemic: CEO Simon Tse shares the lessons from the past year Back in July 2020, a few months into the pandemic, Crown Commercial Service published our accounts for 2019/20. Looking back on what had been a successful year from that vantage point was a surreal experience. The UK had gone into lockdown […]
Customer newsletters for September
Welcome to our CCS customer newsletters for September. You can read the latest news most relevant to the sector you work in by selecting the appropriate link below: health local government central government and arm’s length bodies schools and academies universities and colleges devolved (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) charities housing association police and emergency services If you […]
New ‘end-to-end’ outsourced contact centre and business services agreement goes live
The new agreement went live on 10 September, and builds on the success of the existing Contact Centres agreement (RM3815), due to expire in March 2022. It will include significant improvements such as a broader range of suppliers, flexible delivery models, volume discounting for customers, as well as updated terms and conditions reflective of the […]
Sheffield City Council secures a transparent and trusted partner for gas supply
The requirement Sheffield City Council’s gas supply contract was due for renewal and they wanted to ensure they were getting the best value out of the way they purchased gas. It was the ideal time to complete a retrospective price review and look at how they buy energy to create more transparency. The council also […]
The Crown Prosecution Service improve their user experience with our Technology Services 2 framework
The requirement The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) works from 14 key regional sites with links to courts and police forces across the UK. They required a service desk provider who could manage all of their service user contacts, critical operational services integration and management (SIAM). They also required the supplier to receive, triage and manage […]
Benefits beyond cost with new approaches to alert paging
Alert paging has been a robust method of contacting people for many decades. Features and functionality may seem basic compared with today’s technology but it remains cost-effective, non-intrusive and simple to manage. However, the national alert paging infrastructure that underpins the service, and the number of suppliers offering paging solutions, has dramatically reduced over the […]
Customer newsletters for August
Welcome to our monthly newsletters. You can read the latest news most relevant to the sector you work in by selecting the appropriate link below: health local government central government and arm’s length bodies schools and academies universities and colleges devolved (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) charities housing association police and emergency services If you don’t currently receive […]
Building Stronger Procurement: the National Procurement Policy Statement and Civil Service Reform
Simon Tse discusses the National Procurement Policy Statement and Civil Service Reform The decisions we make in 2021 will shape the way our public institutions procure goods and services for a generation. Even before the findings of the Government’s consultation on transforming public procurement are published, two concise documents published this summer throw down the […]
Changes to our frameworks in July
Welcome to our monthly framework update to help you with your procurement planning. We will publish it online each month and also share it in our newsletters and on our social media channels. The update provides a brief summary of what has been awarded, extended or expired during the previous month. It also outlines what […]