”At CCS, we are committed to working side by side with you. Together, we will support the recovery agenda and help you achieve the best possible outcomes for your local communities. We understand your priorities and are determined to help you meet them. Whether it’s our trusted category experts providing advice or our team of sector focused and locally-based account managers, we will make sure that you always receive the most appropriate and best value solution to meet your needs.”
David Bemrose – Head of Account Strategy for Local Government
Your buying decisions have the power to make life better for everyone across the country. Find out how CCS can help bring power to your procurement.
Find out how our Workplace Services framework helped HMRC appoint a new security services partner, as part of their plan to modernise their estate through the Government Hubs Programme
Read more about Workplace Services helps HMRC appoint security services partnerFind out how the London Borough of Southwark and City of Lincoln Council partnered to use our Digital Marketplace to develop a new digital service for housing repairs.
Read more about Local authority partners use Digital Marketplace to deliver service transformation for management of housing repairsCustomers achieved an average of 14% savings against estimated market values by taking part in the latest IT hardware aggregation.
Read more about IT hardware aggregation achieves customer savings of up to 30% in 2021Procurement Essentials is a new series of articles to help you overcome common hurdles, understand key concepts, and make your life as a buyer of everyday goods and services easier.
Read more about How to evaluate bids – Procurement EssentialsEvery month our customer newsletters feature the latest news, webinars, events and aggregation opportunities for the sectors you work in.
Read more about Customer newsletters for JanuaryIn 2020 we began an innovative project to improve the procurement of UK public sector mobile voice and data services.
Read more about Help us evaluate for our new public sector mobile voice and data services frameworkYour 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.
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.
We are working in partnership with DLUHC and appointed consultants Arup to support local authorities with the Towns Fund programme. Our trusted customer team understands your priorities and challenges, and will work with you during the procurement stages of your bid to ensure you are aware of the complete range of solutions available to support your plan. Useful resources including latest news, blogs and events can be found on the CCS page of the Towns Fund website.
We teamed up with LCRIG and the Transport Technology Forum in the first a series of webinars designed to encourage fresh thinking in the sector. The webinar on ‘delivering innovation through collaborative procurement’ explored topics such as the procurement challenges faced by local authorities, how to make contracts more accessible to SMEs, funding, harnessing innovation and what the future of procurement might look like. Watch the webinar on-demand.
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.
Access webinarStamping out modern slavery in our supply chains is one of the UK government's top priorities. Watch our webinar to find out more.
Access webinarIn 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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