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Procurement. You know the power it can hold.
Your buying decisions have the power to make the NHS stronger. Find out how CCS can help bring power to your procurement.
Case studies
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Cumbria County Council develops open source website publishing platform to help local authorities deliver digital transformation
Find out how the council used our Digital Marketplace to make it easier for councils to create websites, delivering an 80% saving on development costs.
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7 customers save £1.7 million on mobile voice and data services
Customers achieved average savings of 73% against previous costs by joining our most recent aggregation for mobile voice and data services.
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How our latest IT hardware aggregation saved customers up to 23% on tech products
Customers achieved an average saving of 15% by taking part in our latest IT hardware aggregation.
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News and blogs
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4 tips on how to achieve value for money on your next medical waste disposal procurement
Maximise your budget and ensure you get the services you need by following our top tips in medical waste disposal.
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G-Cloud computing initiative marks 10-year anniversary
Our G-Cloud computing initiative marks 10-year anniversary, £1.5 billion in commercial benefits achieved for public sector customers
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Customer newsletters for June
Every month our customer newsletters feature the latest news, events and aggregation opportunities for the sectors you work in.
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Making responsible buying decisions
Your buying decisions have the power to boost your local economy, make our society fairer, strengthen communities and make our future greener. We are helping you do this by building modern slavery prevention, social value and sustainability into our commercial agreements.
Becoming a HCSA member adds power to your procurement
The Health Care Supply Association (HCSA) promotes the work of procurement and supply chain staff at all levels in healthcare. Providing a variety of training events and educational seminars, HCSA focuses on supporting the personal and professional development of its members and the NHS procurement profession.
As a corporate partner, CCS works closely with HCSA to support the valuable work they do across the health sector to improve procurement quality and knowledge. This is why we’re encouraging our customers to become a member, free of charge, and access a range of exciting benefits:
- online discussion forum and online help and advice service
- access to the HCSA’s training and development study days
- preferential rates for HCSA events
Our bitesize guides to common procurement concepts
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.
Watch the short video to learn all about our Procurement Essentials series. You can also view the transcript.
Powerful procurement solutions for the NHS
We’re working with NHS Procurement in Partnership to provide health workforce services as the NHS Workforce Alliance. We can also help you access business consultancy, legal advice, language services, occupational health, contact centre services and more.
Whether you want to optimise your organisation’s finances, need help managing your fleet and travel arrangements or need support with document management and logistics – we’re here to help.
We’re constantly exploring new ways of working and solutions that reflect the best use of technology. From cloud, digital and hosting solutions to network services, software to technology products and services. We provide connectivity for the NHS and wider health and social care organisations by enabling access to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) and also offer a range of technology bulk buying opportunities to help you achieve best value.
On-demand webinars
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Delivering social value through public sector procurement
We will discuss the implications of the Social Value Act on public sector buyers and the growing demand for social value through contracts.
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Tackling modern slavery in our supply chains
Stamping out modern slavery in our supply chains is one of the UK government's top priorities. Watch our webinar to find out more.
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Your Carbon Net Zero journey...let CCS help you towards a greener future
In 2019 the UK became the first major economy to pass laws to end its contribution to global warming by 2050. Watch our webinar to find out how CCS can help you on this journey.
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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.
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