Travel, Transport, Accommodation and Venue Solutions [RM6342] consolidates 2 existing CCS agreements – Travel and Venue Solutions [RM6217], which is due to expire on 13 December 2024, and Public Sector Global Travel and Venue Solutions [RM6164], which expired in June 2024 – creating the first comprehensive CCS agreement within this sector. The agreement will provide […]
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How to become a supplier for Government Commercial Agency in 5 essential steps
NB: All information was correct at the time of writing, but may not be fully applicable following the introduction of the Procurement Act 2023. Why supply through Crown Commercial Service? CCS is the UK’s largest central purchasing body. Our main role is to manage and simplify the procurement process for the government departments and public […]
Our new CEO, Sam Ulyatt sets out her vision and priorities for CCS
Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background and your journey to becoming CEO for Crown Commercial Service (CCS)? I started my working career as an apprentice in chemical manufacturing and so I didn’t ‘grow up’ in the civil service. I joined in 2016 – as a Commercial Director for CCS. Because I’d […]
CCS appoints a new Chief Executive Officer
Sam will be known to many at CCS from her prior time as Commercial Director for Buildings, before she left to join Home Office as Chief Commercial Officer in July 2020. During her time at the Home Office, she has led on the many commercial and operational challenges they have faced. Sam is based in […]
Episode 5 – David Skinner, Director of the Customer Experience Directorate at Crown Commercial Service
Our experts discuss the topical themes and debates in public procurement right now. They also share their own experiences as leaders of the government commercial profession. David Skinner David Skinner joined Crown Commercial Service (CCS) in September 2014. In November he became Director of Customer Experience within CCS. His current role is to lead teams […]
Crown Commercial Service marks 10 years of helping the UK public sector achieve value from its procurement
Over the past 10 years we are proud to have gone from strength-to-strength, growing both our team and the commercial solutions we offer – and supporting more and more organisations across the public sector. Notable successes over the last 10 years include: Commercial benefits have increased from £606m in 2017/18 to £3.8 billion in 2023/24* […]
Episode 2 – Kim Harrison, Associate Commercial Specialist at Crown Commercial Service
Our experts discuss the topical themes and debates in public procurement right now. They also share their own experiences as leaders of the government commercial profession. Kim Harrison Kim Harrison is Associate Commercial Specialist at Crown Commercial Service (CCS), with responsibility specifically for fleet across the Corporate Solution’s category. Kim and her team help to […]
Updated commercial pipeline – Procurement Act 2023
The new Procurement Act 2023 received Royal Assent in October 2023, and the Cabinet Office anticipates that the new regime will go live in February 2025. We are currently considering these timescales as we plan any upcoming procurement activity. Please note that the Procurement Act 2023 is not retroactive. All current live commercial agreements will […]
Crown Commercial Service publishes its updated SME action plan alongside a VCSE action plan
Alongside this, CCS has also published its voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) action plan, which outlines how CCS will improve the awareness of VCSEs both within CCS and amongst our customers, with the aim of increasing VCSE presence on our agreements and reducing barriers to participation. SME action plan The SME action plan […]
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 […]