This replaces the previous MoU which expired on 30 April 2021 and will continue to deliver excellent value for money for public sector customers across all of Oracle’s cloud-based offerings. Customers who are looking to modernise their Oracle estates have access to discounts and a wide variety of commercial benefits through the updated new agreement. […]
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Changes to our frameworks in May
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 […]
Crown Commercial Service launches new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Workday to help accelerate public sector innovation
The newly launched MoU offers public sector customers access to a wide range of discounts on Workday’s cloud-based products, which will help accelerate and streamline business operations and encourage innovation. Workday offers a suite of applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management and analytics. Public sector organisations already using Workday include the Cabinet […]
Back on the road: building your green fleet plan
This article was originally published in Public Sector Executive. The Government’s plan for growth recognises the role that our fleet and transport infrastructure will play as we seek to build back better. Transitioning to net zero will present opportunities for economic development and job creation across the country, encouraging new business growth, and helping us […]
Interpreting and translation services for the world we live in today
The pandemic has forced organisations to adapt the way they work to ensure critical frontline services can still be provided to those most in need. As this often includes citizens whose primary language is not English, it has led to a move away from traditional face-to-face translation services to options such as telephone and video […]
Take action to avoid an employee wellbeing crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged the wellbeing of employees on a scale never seen before. From health concerns to money worries, fatigue due to being ‘always on’, juggling working life and caring commitments, and reduced social interaction. Employee wellbeing has been high on the agenda for HR professionals throughout the pandemic. However assessing the full […]
New Cloud Compute agreement awarded for hyperscale cloud hosting
Cloud Compute lets customers rapidly scale up or down their usage as and when required, with longer call-off options than other cloud agreements and more flexibility over taking on new service offerings during the contract term. The products offered through the new agreement are defined as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), which can scale rapidly […]
Supporting employee physical and mental health and well-being
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that our physical and mental health and well-being is more important than ever. Organisations are adapting to ensure they have the knowledge and services in place to support employees through difficult times, and our new framework has been developed to help you do that. The impact of the pandemic The […]
Changes to our frameworks in April
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 […]
Artificial intelligence and automation for the public sector
As Category Manager for the Artificial Intelligence and Automation Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS) at Crown Commercial Service, my role is to lead procurement operations and support a variety of customers from across the public sector with their AI and automation requirements. From helping to lead this category for just over a year, I have […]