Government Procurement Frameworks

Frameworks are our business. We have been a supplier on numerous frameworks for over 18 years, and are currently a supplier on almost 20 public sector procurement frameworks from Crown Commercial Service (CCS) and various NHS framework providers.  We use our expertise in public sector procurement to ensure that we can be suppliers on the most important IT and consultancy frameworks. In turn, this allows our partners to bid with us in order to win public sector contracts. By combining our thin-prime business model with our partners’ industry-beating services and products, we have become a significant supplier of IT products, IT services, data and analytics expertise, management consultancy services and specialist financial consultancy to the UK public sector.

We are on over a dozen CCS frameworks as well as various NHS frameworks:

• CCS Frameworks

• NHS Frameworks

What are procurement frameworks?

Public sector procurement frameworks (also known as government procurement frameworks or government framework agreements) are a contractual mechanism to reduce the cost, and increase the quality, of procurement for organisations in central and  local government, the NHS, emergency services, education, MoD, and other parts of the public sector.

When a provider launches a new government procurement framework, it will run a process, during which aspiring suppliers bid to be on the framework. Once the framework has opened for business, with a fixed list of suppliers, it will typically run for a fixed period.

Customers seeking to buy a product or service via a government framework agreement can select a supplier either via a competitive process or directly award the contract to a chosen supplier.

Here is a video about frameworks:

Our frameworks

Today, Bramble Hub is a supplier on the following public sector procurement frameworks:

Crown Commercial Service framework agreements

We can supply our partners’ services and products on over a dozen CCS frameworks:

• Audit and Assurance Services, CCS RM6188 – Cost-effective audit and assurance services from a range of suppliers

• Automation Marketplace, CCS RM6173 - Automation services to streamline processes and systems for public sector customers

• Back Office Software (BOS), CCS RM6194 - Software as a service (SaaS), with support and maintenance, direct from major vendors

• Big Data and Analytics, CCS RM6195 - Bespoke professional services and commercial ‘off the shelf’ software specific to data and analytics

• Cyber Security Services 3, CCS RM3764iii - Agility and flexibility to meet the public sector’s cyber security needs

• Digital Outcomes 6 (DOS6), CCS RM1043.8 - High-quality agile software development and design services

• G-Cloud 14 (Lots 1-3) – CCS RM1557.14 – An online catalogue where public sector customers can buy cloud-based computing services including software and cloud support

• G-Cloud 14 (Lot 4), CCS RM1557.14L4 – A competitive procurement framework, designed for large-scale cloud projects

• Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems 2, CCS RM6148 – Independent quality assurance testing (QAT) services

• Software Design and Implementation Services (SDIS), CCS RM6193 – Support for the deployment of a new cloud-based ERP system or upgrading a legacy IT system

• Technology Services 3 (TS3), CCS RM6100 - Technology-focused services, ranging from high-level strategy through to implementation and support

• Management Consultancy Framework 3 (MCF3),  CCS RM6187 - Cost-effective consulting services to buyers in central government and other parts of the public sector

• Vertical Application Solutions (VAS), CCS RM6259 – Vertical software solutions for the public sector - ranging from local authority applications to bluelight, education, community health and social care

NHS procurement framework agreements

We are suppliers on several frameworks provided by NHS Shared Business Services (SBS), the NHS London Procurement Partnership (LPP), HealthTrust Europe and NHS England:

• Clinical Digital Solutions Framework, NHS London Procurement Partnership DN465947 – Digital solutions for the healthcare economy

• Cloud Solutions 2 Framework, NHS Shared Business Services SBS10256 - A wide range of cloud-related services, from design and consultancy through to full solutions

• Consultancy and Advisory Services for Health, NHS Shared Business Services SBS10197 – A wide range of consultancy and advisory services, with a strong focus on health and care

• Digital Documents Solutions Framework, NHS LPP DN19567 - Digital Documents Solutions (DDS) for healthcare

• Consultancy Solutions and Advisory Services Framework, HealthTrust Europe 2023/S 000-024003 - a broad range of services aimed at the healthcare sector

Please contact us if you would like to explore how you could work with us.

Expired Framework Agreements

Bramble Hub has previously been a supplier on the following framework agreements which are now closed for business:

• ConsultancyONE – CCS RM1502

• Contact Centre Services – CCS RM3815

• ICT Consultancy and Delivery – CCS RM591

• Software Application Solutions – CCS RM713

• Digital Continuity – CCS RM848

• Local Government Software Application Solutions – CCS RM865

• Enterprise Application Support Services – CCS RM1032

• Technology Services – CCS RM1058

• Management Consultancy – CCS RM3745

• Management Consultancy Framework Two – CCS RM6008

• Multifunctional Devices and Services – CCS RM1599

• Information Management and Technology (IM&T) – NHS LPP DN412674

• Corporate Software Solutions – CCS RM1042

• Local Authority Software Applications – CCS RM1059

• ICT Services for Education – CCS RM1050

• Technology Products 2 – CCS RM3733

• Technology Services 2 – CCS RM3804

• Spend Analysis & Recovery Services (SARS) II – CCS RM3820

• Data and Application Solutions – CCS RM3821

• Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5 – CCS RM1043.7

• Health Systems Support Framework, NHS England HSSF

• G-Cloud 13 (Lots 1-3) – CCS RM1557

• G-Cloud 13 (Lot 4), CCS RM1557.13L4

• Technology Online Purchasing Content, CCS RM6147

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