Customers from charities, schools and NHS trusts, to councils and government departments have been invited to start selecting from a new CCS (Crown Commercial Service) procurement vehicle – which also means new opportunities for vendors, too.
CCS says it wants to offer the wider public sector “a full range of print and digital solutions, including both fully managed end to end solutions and individual service options”, via the new framework (RM3785).
Services include:
- print and paper products (including envelopes and labels)
- digital asset management
- pre-production services (including basic design and artwork, photograph retouching, typesetting and proofreading)
- operational print, security print, large format and wide print
- direct mail and transactional print
- database management
- storage, fulfilment and distribution.
The Service thinks benefits to buyers will include a transparent price model to help organisations achieve savings, and customers can expect savings in the region of “5-20%”, depending on their print maturity and volumes.
All suppliers on the framework will use their expertise to help customers achieve savings and move to digital solutions, where possible.
