Crown Commercial Service
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages)
|
 | |
| Executive agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | April 1991 (originally) January 2014 (current name) |
| Jurisdiction | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters | Liverpool |
| Website | crowncommercial.gov.uk |
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is an
History
CCS was originally created as the Buying Agency on 1 April 1991. On 1 April 2000, it became part of the newly established
In January 2014 the GPS merged with the procurement management from government departments to form the Crown Commercial Service (CCS).[3] According to the service's own data, CCS secured commercial benefits of £3.8billion in the financial year 2022/23.[4]
Operations
CCS operates as a
Procurement services
CCS provides professional procurement services to the public sector to enable organisations to deliver improved value for money in their commercial activities and provide professional support when it matters, advising on technical issues, energy-saving and environmental improvements.
CCS's operations, and formerly those of GPS, include a range of
] is collected from the suppliers for each sale they make under these frameworks agreements.Procurement policy
UK Government Procurement Policy Notes were in the past issued by CCS.[13] These are now issued in the name of the Cabinet Office, but the CCS Helpdesk acts as the contact point for any queries.[14] A separate series of Scottish Procurement Policy Notes, and a parallel series of Construction Policy Notes issued since 2017 aiming to alert Scottish contracting authorities "to new policy, guidance and other matters relating to public sector construction", are published by the Scottish Government.[15][16]
Management of the Government Secure Intranet (GSi)
As part of its support of the national government Internet infrastructure, CCS manages the UK's Government Secure Intranet (GSi), including the entire third-level government domain .gsi.gov.uk and its sub-domains.[17]
References
- ^ Crown Commercial Service, About us, accessed 12 November 2019
- ^ Crown Commercial Service History Archived 2014-01-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crown Commercial Service update Archived 2014-01-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crown Commercial Service, Government procurement department marks 10th anniversary having saved taxpayers £3.8 billion last year alone, published 15 April 2024, accessed 17 April 2024
- ^ Crown Commercial Service, About us, accessed 5 July 2016
- ^ Softcat, The Softcat News Team, published 2014, accessed 10 September 2023
- ^ Best, J., DWP hands £316m Desktop21 deal to HP, published 20 January 2012, accessed 10 September 2023
- ^ Belfast City Council, ICT Procurements, 24 January 2014, accessed 10 September 2023
- ^ Kunert, P., Home Office to review future of Sprint ii framework, The Register, published 7 July 2011, accessed 2 October 2023
- ^ UK Legislation, The Police Act 1996 (Equipment) Regulations 2011, Schedule, made 9 February 2011, accessed 10 September 2023
- ^ Kunert, P., Police authority loves Sprint ii buying regime, The Register, published 21 September 2011, accessed 2 October 2023
- ^ Crown Commercial Service, Physical datacentre space, accessed 10 September 2023
- ^ For example, CCS, Procurement Policy Note – Armed Forces Covenant, Information Note 06/16 25 June 2016
- ^ Cabinet Office, Procurement Policy Note – Procurement in an Emergency, Information Note PPN 01/21, published 4 February 2021, accessed 6 February 2021
- ^ Scottish Government, Scottish Procurement Policy Notes (SPPNs), accessed 18 March 2022
- ^ Scottish Government, Construction policy notes (CPNs), issued by the "Construction Procurement Policy Unit", accessed 26 November 2023
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-27. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Official website
- Cabinet Office, Efficiency and Reform Group, and Crown Commercial Service, Procurement policy notes, see also Procurement policy notes archived by the National Archives on 14 July 2014, and Procurement Policy Notes archived on 5 April 2011 and dating back to 2006.
