Our frameworks

Framework dates: 27/07/2023 – 26/07/2027

Description: Available to all central government departments and UK public sector bodies including local authorities, health, police, fire and rescue, education, devolved administrations. This framework allows access to a range of IT digital services to help develop and implement future applications.

It can also help public sector organisations move to an application support model that isn’t dependent on legacy (old or outdated) technologies. This move away from legacy applications will allow organisations to provide more cost effective and innovative services to their users inline with government digital strategy.

Lots: Lot 2b: Digital, Integration and Programme Application Services

Benefits:

• Encourages suppliers to offer more competitive prices, quality and innovation
• Quicker procurements allows for reduced time scales
• Offers a range of pricing models allowing flexible call-off contracts
• Fewer suppliers on each lot reducing the amount of resource needed for evaluations
• Increased strategy alignment strengthening commitment and collaboration among buyers and suppliers

Carbon Reduction

Some of the suppliers for this agreement have agreed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts'. You can find Jumar’s Carbon Reduction Plan here.

How you can buy: To buy from this agreement or to access contractual documents, email CCS. A member of the DALAS category team will then contact you. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Framework dates: 28/06/2022 – 27/06/2025

Description: A route to market to access agile development and user-centred design services to accelerate innovation within the public sector. This new agreement will run alongside RM6263 Digital Specialists and Programmes. Together they will replace RM1043.7 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5.

Lots: Lot 1: Digital Outcomes - Access teams of one or more digital specialists who will provide outcome-based services under clearly defined pieces of work.

Benefits:

• Offers bespoke services through suppliers with the right capabilities to meet your needs
• No restriction on the value of an individual call-off contract (the agreement has an overall Find a Tender Service (FTS) value of £813 million)
• Further competition process allows you to get the best supplier to meet your users needs
• The agreement terms and conditions follow the Public Sector Contract format, and you have scope to make changes to your call-off contract (depending on the complexity of your needs)
• You own the intellectual property rights and source code for the bespoke development, so you can share and re-use these with other public sector buyers
• Suppliers are mostly small and medium sized businesses that use an agile approach when designing your digital products or services.

How you can buy: This is a further competition only agreement. There is no option to direct award. Each procurement can only be awarded to a single supplier. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Framework dates: 09/11/2022 – 08/11/2024

Description: This framework replaces G-Cloud 12 and enables public sector customers to procure a large variety of cloud-based computing services such as hosting, software, and cloud support.

Lots: Lot 3: Cloud Support - To help set up and maintain cloud software or hosting services.

Benefits:

• Access to over 40,000 services and over 5,000 suppliers 
• Scalable services: pay for what you use, and increase or reduce what you need easily
• Quick and easy route to market
• Reduced costs and reduced total cost of ownership compared to running your own service in house 
• Access to the latest technology and innovation with every refresh of the G-Cloud agreement
• Change service provider easily

How you can buy: You can direct award on G-Cloud 13 after completing the buying process. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Framework dates: 29/11/2022 – 28/11/2024

Description: This is a new lot under G-Cloud 13. Lot 4 enables Public sector customers to access cloud support requirements through further competition from one or multiple categories. It includes services such as set up and migration, security services and performance testing.

Benefits:

• Provides a route to market through further competition
• Allows call-off contracts up to 3 years with an optional one 12 month extension period
• Features 41 suppliers across the agreement including SME’s
• Allows customers to apply qualitative evaluation including social value
• Uses the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Public Sector Contract
• Suppliers are certified as Cyber Essentials Plus or ISO27001

How you can buy: You can select a supplier on G-Cloud 13 Lot 4 through further competition. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Description: This framework is National Highways’ principal route to market for its corporate IT requirements.

Framework dates: 25/04/2024 - 24/04/2026

Description: The Cloud Solutions 2 Framework Agreement can be used by NHS and wider public sector organisations to purchase cloud services and solutions, including off-premises, IaaS, PaaS, and end-to-end cloud solutions. It provides a compliant and very competitive buying vehicle for all commonly purchased IT category areas, with particular focus cloud services.

Lots: Lot 1 - Solutions design and consultancy

How you can buy: Option to buy using direct award or further competition.

Framework dates: 08/03/2024 – 17/03/2028

Description: The framework agreement provides the NHS and public sector bodies with a compliant route to market for the provision of consultancy and advisory services, with a particular focus on meeting the specific needs of the healthcare sector. The services covered under this framework agreement, include, but are not limited to healthcare, corporate, social value and sustainability, IT, HR and property consultancy services.

Lots: 

Lot 1 – Business, leadership, management, governance, structure & strategy

Lot 5 – IT business consultancy

Benefits: 

• Direct award: The framework agreement gives freedom, flexibility, and ease for all contracting authorities to direct award to their preferred supplier(s).
• Further competition: Contracting authorities can run a further competition under the framework agreement in order to increase value and obtain further competitive pricing as result.
• Pricing options: A range of pricing options available for different grades of consultants to ensure value for money on your requirements.
• Pre-approved suppliers: A range of pre-approved suppliers to suit all requirements, from regional SME specialists to national providers to meet your needs.
• Terms and conditions: Customers and suppliers have one set of contractual terms and conditions, so there’s no need for redrafting and/or renegotiating terms for each procurement exercise.
• Dedidated support: Dedicated support and expert advice available from our Business Services team to support you.

How you can buy: Option to buy using direct award or further competition.

Framework dates: 25/04/2023 – 24/04/2027

Description: All public and third sector organisations can hire a range of quality non-clinical workers through a range of engagement types including fixed-term, temporary positions, and contractors. 

Lots:

• Lot 2: Corporate Functions
• Lot 3: IT Professionals

Benefits:

• NHS England approved route to market for non-clinical temporary staffing
• Maximum agreement rates are fixed and are also limited in line with the NHS England agency price caps
• Achieve larger savings using the built in discounts (you can access discounts for length of placement, by nominating a worker, or by hiring large volumes of workers at the same time)
• Transparent rates and costs for both PAYE and limited company temporary workers, including fixed term appointments
• Quality assurance audits are carried out to make sure worker pre employment checks for NHS roles follow the NHS Employers Check Standards and Skills for Health
• Non-NHS contracting authorities can specify what pre-employment checks they need: for example, Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS)
• Direct award is available and supported by the NHS Workforce Alliance to enable quick access to workers when needed
• Access a range of tools to help you select suppliers including rate card, award support tool and region/skills matrix
• Free to use: you don’t need a membership and framework fees are collected from suppliers.

How you can buy: Option to buy using direct award or further competition. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Framework dates: 29/03/2022 – 28/03/2026

Description: All public sector organisations can access recruitment services to hire permanent, fixed term and internal secondment roles through recruitment agencies.

Lots: Lot 2: Non Clinical General Recruitment

Benefits:

• Hiring managers and departments can choose who they engage with from the supplier list and how
• Access capable suppliers, which will lead to increased fill rates and will avoid repeated campaign costs
• Ability to direct award which can save you time and money
• Capped maximum costs which will protect contracting authorities from market price increases
• No hidden costs: methods of attracting candidates, such as social media, digital campaigns and job boards are included in the cost of the service
• Suppliers must work towards civil service diversity and inclusion (D&I) requirements and should help contracting authorities to achieve their own D&I ambitions
• Suppliers must develop employer value proposition (EVP) to ensure candidates want to work for the contracting authorities organisation
• EVP includes any benefits that the worker will receive in return for their work such as pay, learning and development opportunities and the culture of the organisation
• Discounts are available when hiring more than one candidate 
• Support is available from customer and agreement management teams

How you can buy: Option to buy using direct award or further competition. You can also use an Expression of Interest. This will allow your organisation to go to suppliers with your needs and measure their interest. Further information can be found on the CCS website. 

Description: The PSR SOW solution is designed as a route to allow contracting authorities access to SOW services (excluding consultancy services) and the range of additional benefits that come from a managed service underpinned by technology.

Service lines: PMO / Project Delivery, Organisational Development and Design, Workforce Planning, Analytics, Change management, Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT), Data Science
Research

Benefits:

• A managed service offering including an up front validity assessment to ensure PSR SOW is the correct route and ongoing account management support
• The ability to provide a combined resourcing solution including other elements of the PSR service offering, such as Contingent Labour and the Recruit-Train-Deploy service  
• Assistance with SOW drafting to ensure clearly defined and measurable outcomes and clarity of requirements for all parties 
• A fully managed procurement service to compete requirements across the PSR SOW supply chain ensuring best value is achieved 
• Technology enabled process via FieldGlass including performance management, milestone/deliverable tracking and payments
• Full reporting suite providing data, spend and trend information across all your PSR SOW and PSR spend, providing a full picture of resource spend and trends
• Auditable view including Tax Centre of Excellence contracted out service determination tool, governance approvals and financial approval for all SOWs
• Robust governance of extensions and variations to ensure transparency, protection from scope creep and clear definition of ongoing deliverables.  This also supports the consistency of contracting authorities Tax Centre of Excellence contracted out service determination throughout the life of an engagement

How you can buy: Option to buy using direct award or further competition. To ensure best value, you should request that the PSR SOW team run a competition for your requirement. There are certain circumstances where requesting PSR to engage a specific named supplier for the delivery of a defined SOW may be acceptable.