Access advice for a range of specialisms including business, strategy, policy, infrastructure, procurement and health and social care.
For a more detailed description of the service lines provided under each lot, read the lot description document.
This agreement will run for 2 years with no option to extend.
All suppliers have committed to comply with Procurement Policy Note 006, ‘Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts’ as required. If a supplier is required to publish a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.
There are 219 suppliers on this agreement
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Before using this agreement read the buyer guide.
Further competition is the standard route to market under this agreement.
However, direct award can be used for specific circumstances. Get legal advice to ensure direct award is the right approach for your requirement. It is the buyers responsibility to justify this route to market.
For more details, read the Framework schedule 7 – Call-Off award procedure.
You can either use your own eSourcing system or you can use our eSourcing portal to run your further competition. Register an account if it is your first time using the eSourcing suite.
To run a further competition you will need to:
1. Define your needs using the T2 attachment 3 Statement of requirements template.
2. Identify which lot is most suitable for your needs.
3. Develop your tender documents.
4. Identify suppliers capable of meeting your needs, to do this you can use the digital filtering tool.
5. Set a timeline for your buying process.
6. Issue an Expression of Interest (EOI) – (optional).
7. Issue tender to all agreement suppliers identified using the digital filtering tool.
8. Evaluate supplier responses.
9. Award a contract to the successful supplier and notify unsuccessful suppliers.
10. You can include a 10 day standstill period before awarding the contract – (optional).
When awarding a contract you should complete Framework schedule 6: Call-Off order form or Framework schedule 6a short order form.
As the buyer you need to decide which order form is right for your call-off contract.
Use Framework schedule 6: Call-Off order form to amend the standard PSC or if your requirement is going to be £5m or over.
For information on completing the call-off order form and schedules read “How to use contractual documents”.
Framework Schedule 6a: Short order form should be used for simple requirements under the value of £5 million, (including extensions).
We have included a number of schedules that may apply to orders placed using the short order form, read the Order form guide for more information.
You can view the pricing through the digital filtering tool, where you will find individual supplier rates.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) became Government Commercial Agency (GCA) on 1 April 2026. Documents published before this date may still refer to CCS. All contract documents remain valid for existing and new contracts, and there are no changes to how you work with us.