Crown Commercial Services TR4 framework. Summerize!
Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework: Summary
The Crown Commercial Services Technology Services 4 (TS4) framework is a major UK public sector procurement route designed to help public bodies flexibly purchase a full spectrum of technology services, spanning strategy, service design, transition, support, and operational running of IT environments—both for large and small-scale projects.
Key Features
- Coverage: Offers services ranging from IT strategy and consultancy, digital transformation, end user support, infrastructure management, application/data management, to large-scale transformation programs.
- Supplier Base: Open to both large system integrators and small/medium enterprises (SMEs), with SME-friendly lots and lower entry requirements for certain service areas.
- Social Value: Framework supports government priorities such as carbon reduction, local economic benefit, and social value commitments.
- Flexibility: Buyers can select from disaggregated service lots, single vendor solutions, or hybrid models.
- Duration & Value: Valued at up to £16–18 billion over 8 years, making it one of the largest technology service frameworks for the UK public sector,
Everything you need to know about NIS2
How can ALFA-CON Advisory and Training Centre help?
- NIS-2 (NIS2) or NIS2 survey, report.
- Preparation: development, implementation and control of NIS-2 (NIS2) controls.
- Establish compliance with ISO 27001:2022.
- Conducting NIS-2 (NIS2) audits
- Conduct ISO 27001:2022 audits
- ISO 27001:2022 Certificate Acquisition
What does the acronym NIS mean?
Network and Information Systems
NIS-2 (NIS2) regulation
The Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive, which came into force in 2016, imposed security and reporting obligations on national critical infrastructure organisations within the European Union. The NIS 2 Directive keeps pace with evolving cybersecurity threats and aims to further improve cybersecurity in the EU. The directive identifies sectors that are critical, such as energy, water, transport and health, extends the obligation to report and respond to cyber incidents to companies operating in these sectors and requires targeted cybersecurity measures. NIS2 foresees harsher fines and penalties for non-compliance.
Planned changes to the new ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27002 Featured
News:
The information security management standard ISO 27001 and its code of practice ISO 27002 were last updated almost a decade ago.
A new iteration of ISO 27002 is due to be published in January 2022, and a revised version of ISO 27001 will follow.
ISO now plans February launch for ISO 45001
The final ISO 45001 international standard for occupational safety and health management systems could be published as early as February 2018, according to a communiqué by the International Organisation for Standardization this week.
The publication, which is earlier than many predicted, will only happen if the ballot due on 25 January is successful, says the ISO communiqué. The working group that is part of ISO/PC 283 – the project committee developing the standard – met in Malacca City in Malaysia from 18-23 September to discuss the 1,600 comments submitted earlier this year to the public consultation on the second draft standard, DIS2.
DIS2 was subject to a ballot of 69 national standards bodies in May and June and produced a result of 88% in favour of approving the latest draft.
The working party amended the draft text and submitted it to the chair of PC 283 and the ISO central secretariat to determine whether any of the revisions are “technical” changes.
If they are judged to be so, a vote would be required on the final draft international standard (FDIS), which will be issued at the end of November, says the latest announcement.
The usual translation period for an FDIS is two weeks, this has been extended to four. The ballot is scheduled to be complete on 25 January 2018.
If the FDIS ballot is successful, there will then be a short period of final preparation of the text, before ISO 45001 is published in February 2018.
ISO 45001 is expected to replace the British Standard OHSAS 18001. A three-year transition period is anticipated after the final standard is published.
