The Crown Commercial Service (CCS), the successor to the Government Procurement Service (GPS), is beginning to take shape as the government release the details of four senior positions within the (CCS).

Advertisements placed for the roles of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Commercial Delivery Director, an IT Commercial Director, and a Telecommunications Commercial Director, have been revealed by the Cabinet Office, to be for the CCS.

Details of the positions reveal that the newly created CCS will focus on employing technology in order to deliver flexibility and increased efficiency within public sector procurement, while employing increased open-source services.

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