Housing associations
We want to help you save time and money when buying business goods and services, so that you can focus on the things that really matter to you and your tenants, whether that’s building more homes or investing in regeneration programmes.
Today, more than ever, procurement has a vital role to play in supporting and strengthening our public sector and we know that for all organisations within the social housing sector, tight control over budgets and resources is a key priority.
You can use our commercial solutions free of charge, and we’re committed to helping you achieve the best possible value and generate cashable savings for your organisation by using our category expertise and national buying power. We recognise the importance of social value for your residents and communities and have put in place the deals and support to allow you to place this at the heart of your procurement.
We want to empower you to get the best possible value from your procurement and join the growing number of housing providers who are making great savings with Crown Commercial Service (CCS) every year.
Solutions for social housing providers
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Construction works and associated services
All types of major and minor building, and civil engineering works.
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Facilities management and workplace services
A range of Facilities Management (FM) services from cleaning and waste services to maintenance services and landscaping.
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Building materials and equipment
A range of building materials, equipment and associated services.
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G-Cloud 13
Cloud-based computing services such as hosting, software and cloud support, including many off-the-shelf, pay-as-you-go cloud solutions.
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Debt resolution services
Debt recovery and associated services including data, fraud and error, litigation and spend analysis recovery.
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Offsite construction solutions
The design, manufacture, construction and installation of prefabricated buildings for purchase or hire.
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Housing maintenance and repair
A range of housing repair and maintenance services for both tenanted and void (empty) properties.
Achieving social value
Making responsible buying decisions and using procurement to achieve social value
Our commercial agreements can help you achieve your sustainability and social value objectives and address the risk of modern slavery.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Emergency accommodation
Our Travel and Venue Solutions agreement offers a specific crisis management service which includes emergency accommodation and repatriation support.
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Modular buildings
Longer-term solutions for providing temporary accommodation can also be procured through our Offsite Construction Solutions agreement.
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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.
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.
Blogs, news and case studies
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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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New simplified agreement, providing greater flexibility for travel, accommodation and venue services procurement, goes live
We’re pleased to announce our new consolidated commercial agreement to provide flexible end-to-end travel and accommodation solutions to the public sector, is now live.
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Our new CEO, Sam Ulyatt sets out her vision and priorities for CCS
Two months into her new role as CEO, Sam Ulyatt sat down with Civil Service World to talk all things procurement
Read more about Our new CEO, Sam Ulyatt sets out her vision and priorities for CCS
Get in touch
We're here to help power your procurement. Tell us if there is something we can help you with and one of our expert team members will be in touch.
Talk to us
You can also contact us by email or phone
Email: info@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: 0345 410 2222
CCS customer services team is available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.