Housing associations

As the UK’s central commercial and procurement organisation, CCS helps housing providers achieve better value in every purchase. We understand that tight budgets and social value are top priorities in your sector. Our expertise guides you through simpler, faster procurement processes that free up your resources for what truly matters – your tenants and communities. We connect housing associations with capable, diverse suppliers who provide innovative solutions to your challenges. Our commercial agreements are free to use and designed to generate significant savings for your organisation while maintaining the social value that’s central to your mission.

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Commercial agreements for social housing providers

  • Housing Maintenance and Repair

    A range of housing repair and maintenance services for both tenanted and void (empty) properties.

    Visit the agreement page.

  • Facilities Management

    A range of Facilities Management (FM) services from cleaning and waste services to maintenance services and landscaping.

    Visit the agreement page.

  • Fleet solutions

    Complete vehicle services including purchase, maintenance, hire, leasing and smart fleet management.

    Visit all fleet agreements.

  • Debt resolution services

    Debt recovery and associated services including data, fraud and error, litigation and spend analysis recovery.

    Visit the agreement page.

  • Technology solutions

    All our technology agreements from G-Cloud to Network Services to improve operations and deliver better outcomes.

    View all technology agreements.

  • All agreements

    Solutions to all your procurement needs including construction, financial services, building materials and more.

    View all agreements.

Housing sector challenges and how we are helping meet those

Our commercial agreements can help you with your procurement needs and tackle some of your important challenges.

  • Carbon net zero

    We understand that registered social landlords have a significant part to play in responding to the climate emergency. We are here to help you with our wide range of carbon net zero solutions.

    Find out more about carbon net zero.

  • Building safety

    CCS is committed to helping you to manage your buildings safely. We work with our stakeholders and suppliers to ensure that all relevant industry standards will be met or exceeded through our commercial agreements.

    Find out more about building safety.

  • Digital transformation and innovation

    Through our range of market-leading IT solutions, you can access suppliers who can provide cloud-based solutions, deliver digital transformation and help you to become less dependent on legacy technologies.

    Find out more about digital transformation.

  • Emergency accommodation

    Our Travel and Venue Solutions agreement offers a specific crisis management service which includes emergency accommodation and repatriation support. 

    Find out more about emergency accommodation.

  • Modular buildings

    Longer-term solutions for providing temporary accommodation can also be procured through our Offsite Construction Solutions agreement.

    Find out more about modular buildings.

  • Debt recovery and payment management

    We’ve helped many organisations like yours to both save and recover millions of pounds via our suite of financial services agreements.

    Find out more about debt recovery and payment solutions.

Digital brochure

In this brochure, discover how we support housing providers like you to achieve better value when procuring essential services – from maintenance and repairs to energy solutions. Learn about our commercial agreements tailored to housing sector needs and how to access them to benefit your tenants and communities.

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

Procurement Essentials

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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