Orchard has expanded its presence on the Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) frameworks, offering more procurement choices for existing and potential customers. Orchard has promoted its softwareasaservice offerings via the GCloud framework since 2012 and can now offer its entire portfolio of housing solutions via the Local Authority Software Applications (LASA) RM1059 framework.
The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) acts on behalf of the Crown to drive savings for taxpayers and improve the quality of commercial and procurement activities. Its procurement arrangements can be used by central government departments and organisations across the public sector, including housing providers, local government, health, education, notforprofit and devolved administrations.