Crescent Services offers non-education sector solutions

Do you ever talk to stakeholders outside of education who may benefit greatly from the kind of support provided by CPC’s purchasing frameworks? While CPC remains education driven and focused, we are pleased to introduce readers to Crescent Services - our non-education offshoot, which offers a host of frameworks to the UK's wider public and private sectors. 🏛️

While operating on the same not-for-profit basis as CPC and supporting projects via the same Giving Back initiative, Crescent Services has a tenured history of its own and can serve as a one-stop procurement shop for a variety of organisations outside of the education sector, helping them achieve regulatory compliance, while targeting superior value for money. Aiding public and private entities with their procurement predicaments, Crescent Services can offer dozens of simple and convenient routes to market, as well as guidance from a slew of experienced procurement professionals dotted around the United Kingdom.

More than 30 procurement frameworks are now available through Crescent Services, spanning everything from audit and financial services to fire safety equipment and utilities supplies. With each and every framework, the various suppliers have been evaluated and approved in advance, helping the user save precious time and effort, letting them focus on the day job.

But what kind of organisation, or type of industry, may make effective use of Crescent Services and its framework selection?

• Public libraries

• Careers services

• Local government

• Blue light services

• Sporting academies

• Housing associations

• Charity organisations

• Museums and galleries

• National Health Service

• Miscellaneous tourism

Essentially, these are people at the heart of your community and people you might come into contact with regularly. 🤝

Perhaps your nearby police station could do with on-site or remote support, as part of a managed procurement service?

Maybe your local council doesn't want to run a key tender independently and could benefit from ad hoc tendering help?

Either way, we encourage you to direct them to Crescent Services; they can start the ball rolling at crescentservices.org.uk

And why not share your own examples of procurement success as a CPC member, as an indicator of what they can expect?

While not governed or bound by the same regulations as entities in the public sector, private sector bodies can benefit from Crescent Services’ robust and structured tender processes and useful advice, while contract management, mentoring services, spend and efficiency reviews and a tender publication service are among the other functions and facilities currently on offer...

If you have a contact who is outside the education sector, but eager to turbocharge their procurement processes, tell them to get in touch with Crescent Services today, by calling 0161 974 0956 or emailing [email protected] 📲

To learn more about Crescent Services, contact the section's Procurement Customer Engagement Manager, Sharia Rahman