”At CCS, we are focused on helping our local government colleagues achieve the best possible outcomes from their procurements. We understand your priorities and our trusted category experts can provide valuable support and advice, ensuring that you get the most appropriate and competitive solution to meet your needs.”
Joe Tilley, Deputy Director – Wider Public Sector
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses an urgent and unique challenge for all our customers. Our information for buyers during COVID-19 and safer working supplies pages provide all the latest advice and guidance on how we can help you.
We can help you buy everything from electricity to major construction and regeneration projects including highways.
Our industry experts are dedicated to developing the widest range of innovative commercial agreements to help you not only save time and money, but also manage your needs efficiently and compliantly. We’re here to help you build a better future for your local area.
Whether you want to optimise your organisation’s finances, need help managing your fleet and travel arrangements or want to buy a wide range of office products and services – we’re here to help.
Our local government customers spend over £750 million each year through our wide range of corporate solutions agreements which provide the essential products and services that you need to run your organisation.
If your authority needs people and related services to help you to achieve your local priorities, we have the right commercial skills and solutions to support you.
We can help you access everything you need from contact centres, business consultancy and legal advice, to temporary and permanent recruitment, apprenticeship training, occupational health and more.
In a constantly evolving technology market, it’s vital for local authorities to make the right decisions to provide efficient and cost-effective services for their local citizens and businesses.
We’re constantly exploring new ways of working and solutions that reflect the best use of technology. Through regular supplier engagement, we keep up with market developments and help to enable digital transformation. We have the best suppliers on board, including thousands of SMEs, offering flexibility, choice and a range of contract options.
Ever arrived in a meeting room to find you have no sound, poor picture quality or a missing cable? Our audio visual design and consulting solution will help you solve these everyday frustrations.
Read more about Workplace collaboration solutions to help you transform the way you workWe’re running an aggregated further competition with an eAuction opportunity. Here’s how you can take advantage of it.
Read more about Office Supplies: aggregated eAuction opportunityThe Construction Playbook is a government guidance document about sourcing and contracting public works projects and was launched by Cabinet Office in December 2020.
Read more about The Construction Playbook – what is it and what does it mean for you?In this case study we explore how using our Payment Solutions commercial agreement led to greater efficiencies for Walsall Council.
Read more about Procurement card solution delivers greater efficiency for Walsall CouncilFind out how the arm’s length body used our Technology Products and Associated Services (TePAS) framework to save on IT equipment by bulk buying the kit they needed to enable smarter working.
Read more about National Institute for Health and Care Excellence save over £250,000 on laptops and docking stationsIn our latest aggregation opportunity for Adobe licences, we helped 84 customers save on average 31.75% - the equivalent of over £2.8 million for those who took part.
Read more about 84 customers save over £2.8 million on Adobe licencesCCS is working in partnership with MHCLG and appointed consultants Arup to support local authorities during the towns fund process. Our trusted customer teams are dedicated to understanding your priorities and challenges during the procurement stages to ensure that you are aware of the broad range of solutions we have to offer. You can find useful resources including tailored news, blogs and events by visiting the towns fund website or through the CCS news page.
CCS has teamed up with The Local Council Roads Innovation Group (LCRIG) and the Transport Technology Forum (TTF) to deliver a series of exclusive webinars. The first webinar entitled ‘Delivering innovation through collaborative procurement’ is available to view on demand here. Watch this space for further information on future webinars.
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.
In this paper we explore ways in which you can rise to the opportunities and challenges of attracting and retaining talent in the public sector, as the long term impact of coronavirus continues to unfold.
Download the paperWe 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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