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The UK's Leading Cost & Procurement Advisory Service
Register on our Procurement Platform today to access vital savings on all your Procurement needs, with no obligation and no upfront costs.
With nearly two decades of experience providing Public Sector clients with significant savings and expert consultancy on their payment services, CPRAS has now expanded to offer bespoke, game-changing Frameworks to meet any cost-saving and procurement need. Read more about us here.
We Provide
30% Average Savings
On average, our most popular Framework service saves our Public Sector clients over 30% on their banking and payment services per year. Our savings on payment processing costs, for instance, can bring the average cost per payment down from 63p to just 20p – with instant clearing and enhanced management information (MI). See the Case Study below for further details.
Free Contract Management
When you procure Framework services via our Procurement Platform, we provide interactive, in-depth, monthly management information reports, so you can keep track of your spending and savings. We also proactively check for any discrepancies between contracted rates and actual charges and take these up on your behalf with the suppliers - a service which regularly results in clients being refunded thousands - without needing to be involved until they are informed the refund is on its way. Read more about this here.
Innovation
Procurement Frameworks typically provide a 'one-size-fits-all' solution. The technology behind CPRAS Frameworks reverses this paradigm by allowing granular weighting to be applied to every element of the procurement, meaning every client gets the solution that's tailored to their unique requirements. Read more about this here.
Public Sector
CPRAS Frameworks are open to all public sector organisations (Full List Available Here).
Banking and Finance Framework
As the original designers of the software used to calculate 30% of all debit and credit card transactions in the UK, CPRAS has over a decade of experience saving Public Sector organisations an average of over 30% on their payment processing fees. You can join our current Banking and Finance Framework to benefit from pre-vetted, regulation-compliant deals from established suppliers today.
Pathways to Net Zero Framework
At CPRAS, we understand the pressure and urgency the Public Sector is facing to meet their Net Zero and Environmental targets. That is why we are currently developing a Pathways to Net Zero Framework, to enable all organisations to access the best possible services to help meet these goals asap. Learn more about how you can get involved now by clicking the link below.
Bespoke Frameworks
In addition to our existing Frameworks for financial services, CPRAS has developed the software and expertise to create innovative, bespoke frameworks to meet any of your organisation’s procurement needs – removing the need for you to undertake a time-consuming and costly tender, whilst also providing you with the volume leverage of a Framework.
Case Study:
Aylesbury Vale District Council came to us to make cost savings on card processing.
They shared with us their merchant account acquiring data, and within a week we sent back a cost comparison report, projecting 53% net savings – over £81,000/year, or £325,000 over a 4-year contract.
Our projections were not only accurate, but real savings actually slightly exceeded them. The first full year’s transactions from 1st July showed net savings of more than £82,400, while card turnover rose by just over £1 million compared with the previous year.
“It has been an extremely seamless process and probably one of the best change projects I have worked on.”
AVDC Financial Systems Manager, Rosanna Iannone.
More client testimonials...
“I have found CPRAS to be a very professional organisation and would recommend them to anyone. We were provided with a professional service at all times. CPRAS did, as promised, identify worthwhile savings. They answered all my questions quickly and honestly and were very easy to work with.”
Yvonne Poole Finance & Marketing Director (Healthcare Sector)
“We were delighted to be able to achieve a cost saving of 55% against our existing tariff and agreed to switch to the framework. The whole process was very straightforward and we have found CPRAS to be very professional in their approach and would not hesitate to recommend them. It has been hugely beneficial to the company and brought significant cost savings.”
Saran Nakra, Senior Finance Assistant, SWFT Clinical Services Ltd
“We were initially sceptical that the projected savings identified by CPRAS via the framework would be achieved. However, we have been delighted not only to achieve the savings, but actually exceed them substantially. What is of particular benefit to us is being able to confirm the precise savings being achieved each month by accessing the CPRAS MI portal which we find most helpful. We are very happy to talk with other Authorities who may be considering the exercise.”
Lorraine Woolcock, Service Manager Finance – Systems & Information, Torbay Council
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