Buy through the contract award service
What is Contract Award Service?
Contract Award Service (CAS) is a buying tool that is available for some of our commercial agreements. It will provide you with an online end to end process that will allow you to complete procurement actions such as:
- filter suppliers by lot and service line
- issue a Request For Information (RFI) and / or Expression of Interest (EOI)
- undertake a further competition or direct award
- award your contract
- provide feedback to suppliers
- generate an audit trail for your procurement
Who can use
All government departments and public sector buyers can use CAS.
What you can buy
You can use CAS to buy from 2 of our commercial agreements:
G-Cloud 14
An online catalogue where public sector customers can buy cloud-based computing services such as hosting, software and cloud support. Includes many off-the-shelf, pay-as-you-go cloud solutions.
Digital Outcomes 6 (DOS 6)
A route to market to access agile development and user-centred design services to accelerate innovation within the public sector.
Take a look at our agreements which use Contract Award Service.
Not suitable for
- buying products and services not available through one of the 2 agreements currently on CAS
How to buy
To buy from CAS you will need to:
- decide what you want to buy and what commercial agreement you want to use
- go to your chosen agreement’s webpage and pick the lot that meets your needs
- select the lot you want to use by clicking the lot link (the lot title)
Clicking the lot link will direct you to CAS. You will then be asked to sign in to, or create an account for, the Public Procurement Gateway (PPG). You will need a PPG account to use CAS.
For more information on how to buy, each of the agreements has its own buyers’ guide. You can find the guide in the document section of the agreement webpage.
If you need help with PPG or CAS, email info@gca.gov.uk
Time to supply
Depends on the complexity of your requirements, your route to market (either further competition or direct award) and the number of suppliers.
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