The Tail Spend Solution helps the public sector to manage and aggregate ‘tail spend’ – low value, ad hoc purchases that are often made from lots of different suppliers. It is agreed in the public sector that tail spend is largely under-managed and overlooked. This lack of management means that many organisations don’t realise how much they’ve spent on these products until purchases appear in their end of year accounts, causing significant budget pressures. Our solution has been designed to eliminate this and help public sector buyers get the best deals possible on millions of low value products. It will also help buyers spend less time and money on invoicing, increase visibility and control of ‘hidden’ spend, and improve their spend data.

Our self-service Print Marketplace is now live – giving you access to professional printing for the best possible price. 

• choose from a range of preloaded templates and easily upload your artwork
• customise your design using our simple to use design tool
• utilise our team of designers – whether you need new concepts or tweaks to existing artwork
• once you’ve selected the right route for you, our instant pricing platform provides quotes from a range of pre-approved suppliers

Multifunctional devices, managed print services, technical resources, digital workflow, cloud solutions for digital transition and print consultancy services.

Choose from a full range of print and digital solutions, including both fully managed end-to-end solutions and individual service options, such as print and paper products, pre-production services and direct mail. Customers have made savings in the region of 5-20%, depending on their print maturity and volumes.

Customers are saving as much as 33% a year on their postal services through CCS. The Postal Goods and Services framework brings together everything from:

• international mail
• hybrid mail
• franking machines
• mailroom equipment
• digital inbound mail
• simple collection and delivery

You can save up to 30% on Courier Services, depending on what you need. Our commercial agreement mean we can move anything. Let us collect, deliver or store your:

• documents and parcels
• examination papers and materials
• specimens and samples
• pharmaceutical products
• medical records
• seized items
• assets

The only framework agreement in the marketplace developed for the public sector, by the public sector.  CCS brings you one single, comprehensive, agreement for all your logistics and warehousing needs. Choose from a wide range of solutions that include:

• transportation solutions
• warehousing and storage services
• waste logistics and associated solutions
• removal, relocation and related services
• vehicle, plant and industrial equipment
• construction logistics
• healthcare logistical solutions
• design and support services

Access a range of storage, distribution and kitting services under one agreement. Choose from:

• storage in the UK or overseas
• air, rail, road and sea freight services
• quality control
• kitting and fulfilment solutions and services
• transport and distribution
• residential collections and drop off points
• specialist collection and delivery services
• disposal and recycling services
• print services
• packaging – cardboard, corrugated, medical, plastic and security