Devolved
Powerful partnerships in procurement
Strategic partnerships and effective collaboration benefit our customers across the whole of the public and third sector in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Our dedicated team work closely with a number of strategic partners to ensure effective collaboration.
We work with:
- Scottish Government
- Welsh Government
- Northern Ireland Assembly government departments and non-departmental government bodies
- local councils
- NHS trusts
- police and emergency services
- housing associations
- schools, colleges, universities and charities
Our strategic partners include:
- Scottish Procurement Directorate and Scotland Excel
- Construction Procurement Delivery (CPD) Northern Ireland
- Welsh Government’s Commercial Delivery Team
Your buying decisions can strengthen your local economy
Collaboration with Centres of Procurement Expertise, such as NHS National Services, Advanced Procurement Universities and Colleges (APUC), Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales (HEPCW), NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) and the Business Services Organisation (BSO/PALS) helps shape our commercial agreements. This ensures we support the needs of the devolved administrations and take account of local policy and legislation. For example, Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, The Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and the Code of Practice.
Current collaborative projects across devolved administration organisations include:
- Scotland: construction, fleet and liquid fuels
- Wales: travel and technology
- Northern Ireland: fleet, technology and construction
Social value
Our commercial agreements can help you achieve your sustainability and social value objectives and address the risk of modern slavery.
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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.
Blogs, news and case studies
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New first of its kind CCS agreement for public sector food procurement goes live
A new CCS agreement that will help schools, local authorities, hospitals and other public sector organisations buy high-quality and sustainable food and drink at better value is now open for customers
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Commercial Pipeline update
Following a review of our pipeline, we have transitioned some agreements to PCR 2015 and extended others.
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Crown Commercial Service announces a new Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft UK, replacing the Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21)
We’re pleased to announce that we have negotiated a new 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft, named the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24).
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Bringing power to your procurement
Your buying decisions have the power to make life better for everyone across the country. Find out why you should be making those decisions with CCS.
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