Central government and arm’s length bodies

Our account management team is here to ensure you get the best possible service and achieve outstanding commercial benefits. We can help you with everything from routine queries to joint pipeline planning and collaborative teams for complex projects. Our aim is to work in collaboration with you by sharing information, providing advice and guidance and supporting you by developing the best solutions for your needs.

Use our procurement expertise to help you buy a huge range of common goods and services, enabling your organisation to run effectively and improve the way you operate.

 

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Empowering you to buy responsibly

Your buying decisions can help to boost the economy, make our society fairer, strengthen communities and make our future greener. We are helping you do this by building modern slavery prevention, social value and sustainability into our commercial agreements.

Find out more about social value.

Blogs, news and case studies

  1. News and blogs | 21st February 2025

    Call for evaluators for our new marketplace solution

    Support the development of our new marketplace solution.

    Read more about Call for evaluators for our new marketplace solution
  2. News and blogs | 18th February 2025

    Our latest agreement for back office software solutions, with increased opportunities for SMEs, is launched

    Crown Commercial Service has launched the latest iteration of its agreement for procuring all back office software solutions, with a new dedicated lot to encourage innovation from SMEs

    Read more about Our latest agreement for back office software solutions, with increased opportunities for SMEs, is launched
  3. Procurement Essentials | 30th January 2025

    How to embed environmental criteria into your technology purchases – Procurement Essentials

    Technology has a significant environmental impact, and small changes in how we purchase and use it can lead to big differences

    Read more about How to embed environmental criteria into your technology purchases – Procurement Essentials

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Upcoming events

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  1. 26 February 2025

    Webinar: Cyber Category Forum

  2. 27 February 2025

    Event: Procurement Act Live 2025

Watch the short video to learn all about our Procurement Essentials series. You can also view the transcript.

Our bitesize guides to common procurement concepts

Our new Procurement Essentials series covers a wide range of topics to help demystify the procurement process including the basics of frameworks, effective contract management, how to evaluate bids, and how to write a specification. 

We’ll be continuing to add new articles every month, sharing our top tips and guidance to help you save time, maximise every pound and bring power to your procurement.

You can now find all of our Procurement Essentials articles in one place.

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