Digital Outcomes and Specialists 5

Crown Commercial Service as the contracting authority has put in place a pan government collaborative framework agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations). These bodies have a need for a compliant procurement vehicle to access digital outcomes, specialists and supporting services.

Additional information: This Framework Agreement RM1043.7 is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies that exist on 05/02/21 and which fall into one or more of the following categories:

1. Any of the following:

• (a)Ministerial government departments;
• (b)Non ministerial government departments;
• (c)Executive agencies of government;
• (d)Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;
• (e)Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs);
• (f)Police forces;
• (g)Fire and rescue services;
• (h)Ambulance services;
• (i)Maritime and coastguard agency services;
• (j)NHS bodies;
• (k)Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;
• (l)Hospices;
• (m)National Parks;
• (n)Housing associations, including registered social landlords;
• (o)Third sector and charities;
• (p)Citizens advice bodies;
• (q)Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;
• (r)Public corporations;
• (s)Public financial bodies or institutions;
• (t)Public pension funds;
• (u)Central banks; and
• (v)Civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations.

2. Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link.

3. Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement or updated web-link.

4. Those bodies in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which are within the scope of the definition of "Contracting Authority" in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and/or Schedule 1 PCR.