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British Parking Association partners with CCS to improve UK services

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with the British Parking Association (BPA). This partnership will promote commercial best practice and provide better value for parking solutions in the UK public sector. The BPA is a not-for-profit membership association that represents the UK’s parking and traffic management sector. The partnership combines our commercial expertise […]

CCS’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2024/25 is published

Ensuring value for the nation We’ve published our latest Annual Report and Accounts demonstrating significant progress to ensure a greater focus on achieving the best commercial and procurement outcomes for UK citizens.  Sam Ulyatt, who succeeded Simon Tse as Chief Executive of CCS in July 2024, said:  It’s a pleasure to be publishing my first […]

Help shape our Construction Professional Services 2 agreement

We are looking for assessment support from our public sector customers for the Construction Professional Services 2 agreement (RM6356). This agreement will replace the existing Construction Professional Services agreement (RM6165). Assessors are an important part of the procurement process. In addition to playing an important role within CCS, becoming an assessor counts towards your corporate […]

Crown Commercial Service and NHS England celebrate 3 years of transforming NHS infrastructure

A CCS and NHS England partnership, through the Construction Works and Associated Services 2 and ProCure23 commercial agreement, has supported the NHS in awarding £1.8 billion of healthcare construction schemes and securing a pipeline of future projects worth an extra £1.7 billion.  The agreement enables the NHS to work with CCS to effectively procure design, construction […]

Call for evaluators for the latest iteration of the Facilities Management and Security Services agreement

We are looking for evaluation support from our public sector customers for the newest iteration of the Facilities Management and Security Services agreement (RM6378). Invitation to tender (ITT) is launching in early September 2025. This is a great opportunity to assist cross-government commercial colleagues and be part of a group of experienced professionals. The evaluation […]

CCS recognised for providing high quality public service

We’re pleased to announce that CCS has achieved a ‘Best’ rating (over 90%) in the most recent Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF) review.  The CCIAF is a requirement introduced by the Cabinet Office in 2021 for all relevant public bodies to assess themselves against publicly available procurement standards. The standards define how all Government […]

New green energy agreement launched, offering price stability for sustainable power across UK public sector

A new commercial agreement from Crown Commercial Service (CCS), entitled the Provision of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), gives central government and wider public sector organisations direct access to UK-based renewable energy and competitive long-term contracts with suppliers. Procured under PCR 2015, the innovative agreement offers a unique combination of renewable energy sourcing, long-term fixed pricing, […]