29 July 2024 
Ashley Shelbrooke, HEPA and Project Specialist
The National Audit Office (NAO) have published a report on efficiency in government procurement of common goods and services, which may be of interest to members.
The report focuses on how common goods and services are purchased across the UK public sector, as well as if Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has achieved its objectives and what more it could do to secure greater efficiencies.
The report draws a number of conclusions, and in particular recommends that the government needs to address the profusion of framework agreements and support CCS to make improvements to its offer.
The full report is available on the NAO website here.
Separately, CCS last week released their annual report and accounts, which you can find out more about here.
