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Tail Spend solution - a recorded customer engagement webinar
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Enjoy the market's best prices, negotiated on your behalf
With budgets and resources more stretched than ever, it’s never been more important to save time and money when purchasing business essentials.
Our team of experts are here to help you source any item, device or business service for your needs today and in the future. Our agreements cover:
- multifunctional devices (printers and copiers)
- records management
- printing requirements
- postal goods
- courier and specialist movements
- logistics and warehousing
- tail spend
- office supplies
- storage, distribution, kitting and associated services

Empowering you to focus on frontline services
No matter what your business service needs are – from multifunctional devices and records management to postal and courier services – our frameworks have been designed with you in mind.
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Tail Spend Solution
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.
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Print Marketplace
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
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Multifunctional Devices
Multifunctional devices, managed print services, technical resources, digital workflow, cloud solutions for digital transition and print consultancy services.
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Print Solutions
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.
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Post
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
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Courier and Specialist Movements
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
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Logistics and Warehousing
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
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Storage, Distribution, Kitting and Associated 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
Your decisions have the power to make a difference
Whatever you need to keep your organisation running smoothly – from printers and copiers to specialist courier services – we can assist with your every need.
Our industry-leading solutions have been designed to provide you with convenient and flexible routes to access compliant solutions at great prices, meaning your precious resources can be redirected where they’re needed most.

Blogs and news
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Manage your resources effectively with asset tracking
With the need to manage your budget carefully, the last thing you want to do is to replace expensive items, such as IT equipment and medical devices, because you can’t find them.
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Safe data storage: how to use electronic systems to securely manage your HR records
Understand the importance of using an electronic document management system and how you can safely store HR records in line with legislation.
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Is it time to review your organisation’s printing needs?
Since returning to the office, employee printing habits have changed. Organisations are printing less as employees have adapted to a more digitised way of doing things on a permanent basis.
Read more about Is it time to review your organisation’s printing needs?
Case studies
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North Devon District Council – minimising costs and reducing waste
Read how we have enabled North Devon Council to achieve a significant reduction in its rental budget, and save over 25% on the previous contract.
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CCS managed print case study: Leeds City Council
Delivering critical support services for 700,000 citizens, Leeds City Council is the second largest Metropolitan authority in Great Britain – and it wants to be seen as the best.
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Our top 5 tips for running a further competition for Multifunctional Devices – Crown Commercial Service
These are our top 5 tips to run a further competition for multifunctional devices
Read more about Our top 5 tips for running a further competition for Multifunctional Devices – Crown Commercial Service
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Commercial agreements: digital brochure
Download our updated digital brochure for the latest information on our agreements and how we can help you add power to your procurement.
Download our digital brochure
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Email: info@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Telephone: 0345 410 2222
CCS customer services team is available Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.