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What Is Crown Commercial Service (CCS)?
This is a UK procurement term. The UK's largest central purchasing body, an executive agency of the Cabinet Office, setting up frameworks public bodies can buy through.
What does Crown Commercial Service do?
It sets up and manages frameworks and dynamic markets that central government and the wider public sector can buy through.
Do public bodies have to use CCS agreements?
Not generally, though central government departments are often expected to use them for common goods and services.
Why does CCS matter to suppliers?
A place on a CCS framework gives access to a wide range of public buyers. Missing one can limit access for years.
