The digital portal significantly simplifies the procurement of Facilities Management services for public and third sector organisations. What is it? The Facilities Management (FM) digital portal is an online tool that has been developed for public and third sector organisations, to securely and efficiently procure FM services online. The portal provides a simplified procurement route, […]
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Payment Solutions framework helps increase efficiencies and rebates for 3 government departments
This case study explores the benefits the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, FCDO Services and the Department for Work and Pensions saw when they consolidated their procurement card programmes. Background Through a joint contract, The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and FCDO Services (FCDOS) annually spend over £100m on procurement cards. The cards are […]
Crown Commercial Service and Amazon Web Services launch new MoU for cloud computing services
Our new agreement, which is called the One Government Value Agreement (OGVA), will make it easier for customers to take full advantage of a wide range of AWS’s cloud computing services at a significantly discounted rate. The OGVA has 2 tiers: foundation and enterprise. The foundation tier is aimed at supporting smaller organisations, or those […]
Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 agreement opens for business
3,340 suppliers have been awarded places on the latest iteration of Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) agreement for digital specialists, it has been announced. CCS has launched the Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 (DOS 5) framework today, as it revealed that a third of spend through previous iterations of the agreement went directly to small and […]
Changes to our frameworks in December
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 […]
Get up to speed on the latest procurement policy updates
The Cabinet Office issued a number of Procurement Policy Notes (PPNs) in December to support public sector organisations in preparing for the UK’s exit from the EU, as well as launching a consultation into the future of public procurement. Find a Tender service Find a Tender Service (FTS) is the new UK e-notification service where […]
Sustainable IT hardware explained: what it is and how you can buy it
Sustainable IT is based on the circular economy model. This is a positive move away from the old linear product creation style of ‘take-make-dispose’, to a more sustainable ‘make-use-recycle’ route, making the most of our planet’s limiting resources. If you’re looking to buy your IT hardware such as laptops or tablets sustainably, there are a […]
84 customers save over £2.8 million on Adobe licences
Following the success in early 2020 of the aggregated procurement to establish a supplier for the new Enterprise Term License Agreement (ETLA) negotiated with Adobe, we decided to ask Lisa Shinn, Category Manager for Aggregation at CCS, how this new approach will impact the public sector. CCS has aggregated Adobe products in the past – […]
Home Office finds scalable, cost-effective and efficient network infrastructure services for its estate with CCS
The requirement The Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) function within the Home Office provides project management, architectural and engineering capability. It delivers a range of IT solutions across the department, including private wide and local area networks (fixed and wireless) and data centre services. Whilst a significant number of its IT services are moving to […]
Join our Insurance Community of Practice
During my time working in Insurance at CCS, the market has undergone significant change. Notably, the withdrawal of insurers from the market and several large mergers. The most significant change, however, has undoubtedly been the recent hardening of the insurance market. A hardening of the insurance market means that insurance companies’ capacity for certain sectors […]