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Insurance whitepaper - how advance planning can achieve best value
To complement the launch of IS3, our category experts have developed a new whitepaper unpacking how to secure the right insurance for your organisation, as well as offering tips to ensure you achieve value for money.
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Fleet whitepaper - Your guide to 2020 and beyond
With sustainability an ever-increasing theme, the 2020s are set to be a fast-moving decade for the fleet manager. Our Fleet category experts have written this whitepaper to help you get ahead of the curve.
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SEPS whitepaper - how the public sector can utilise early payment solutions
Supplier early payment has advantages for both parties: the supplier benefits from quick settlement of invoices, while your organisation enjoys a discount. Read this whitepaper to learn how to make it work for you.
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Spend Analysis & Recovery Services whitepaper - protecting taxpayers’ money from incorrect payments
With the public sector challenged to do more with less, it's vital that the most is made of every pound. This whitepaper explores how SARS can help you put lost spend it back where it belongs - funding your frontline services.
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Travel whitepaper - how to get the best value from your business travel
A crowded marketplace can make finding the right business travel solutions a confusing business. Our whitepaper looks at how, with the right expertise, customers can find great value.
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Experts in cutting costs without cutting quality
Our Corporate Solutions provide you with the vital products and services you need to run your organisation – from financial services and marketing to office supplies, travel and fleet.
These products and services can amount to a large expenditure. We know, because they account for over £5 billion of public sector spend through CCS each year. But where there’s spend, there’s also an opportunity to save, and at CCS, we’re experts in finding new and innovative ways to cut costs without cutting quality.
Last year our Corporate Solutions agreements delivered over £150 million of commercial benefits across the public sector. If you’d like a share, speak to us today.
What we can help with
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Document Management and Logistics
- Print Marketplace
- managed print
- office supplies
- multifunctional devices (printers and copiers)
- records management
- postal goods and services
- couriers
- logistics and warehousing
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Marketing Communications and Research
- communications services
- campaign solutions
- media buying
- media monitoring
- research
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Fleet
- vehicle lease
- fleet management
- vehicle purchase
- supply and fit of tyres
- vehicle telematics
- vehicle conversions
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Travel
Travel and venue solutions including:
- air
- rail
- accommodation
- meeting and conference venues
- supporting services
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Financial Services
- spend analysis and recovery services
- insurance services
- ePurchasing cards
- fuel cards
- merchant acquiring, merchant acquiring equipment and payment gateway services
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Research Marketplace DPS
Research Marketplace DPS is a convenient tool that allows you to gain quick access to suppliers that meet your specific research needs.
Blogs and news
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Parcel lockers provide creative solutions across the public sector
With resource across the public sector stretched more than ever before, innovative use of smart parcel lockers can provide a creative solution.
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Join our Insurance Community of Practice
Carl Kelleher, Insurance Services Commercial Lead, considers how the public sector can get the most from our insurance solution while sharing best practices with other public sector bodies.
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Competitive, compliant, simple – what to expect from Print Marketplace
This winter, our self-service Print Marketplace will become the easy way for the public sector to save on printing. Here’s what you can expect.
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Case studies
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Fast provision of specialist vehicles supports the delivery of mobile COVID-19 testing
Our fleet agreement enables the Department of Health and Social Care to secure 20 specially adapted vehicles for mobile COVID-19 testing, within a 2-week timescale.
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Our Supply and Fit of Tyres agreement helps the North West Ambulance Service stay on the road during COVID-19
Read about how our Supply and Fit of Tyres agreement helped the North West Ambulance Service's fleet stay on the road during a time of unprecedented demand.
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Building efficiency for believe housing
Using our Payment Solutions framework led to increased financial control for social housing provider, believe housing.
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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.
Resources
At CCS, we’re experts in procurement. Our teams use their extensive category knowledge to create a wealth of resources to help the public and third sector keep up-to-date with the latest solutions, trends and innovations.
Explore the resources below to find out how we can help you find the right procurement solutions for your organisation, both now and in the future.
We're here to help power your procurement
Get in touch to find out how
Talk to us
CCS customer services team is available
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
Email:
info@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone:
0345 410 2222