{"id":69318,"date":"2016-04-06T09:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T09:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=cb6a19b4d6d7afcfa6ec21621e460f82"},"modified":"2016-04-06T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T09:25:18","slug":"news-story-customer-briefings-a-better-way-to-buy-network-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=69318","title":{"rendered":"News story: Customer briefings: a better way to buy Network Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The series of customer briefings have been designed to bring public sector buyers together with the Crown Commercial Service (<abbr title=\"Crown Commercial Service\">CCS<\/abbr>) and suppliers, to showcase how the <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk\/contracts\/rm1045\">Network Services (RM1045)<\/a> agreement can make it easier for buyers and suppliers to work together to achieve best value and enter into contracts.<\/p>\n<p>The events will be a great opportunity to to learn more about the agreement and discuss how it can be used to achieve better value for money for your organisation.<\/p>\n<p>We will explain the structure of the agreement and showcase supplier perspectives on how to get the best from the market.<\/p>\n<p>Events are being held across the country and are free for public sector buyers to attend:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/network-services-framework-briefing-london-registration-22812658275\">27 April, London<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/network-services-framework-briefing-newcastle-registration-23068528590\">24 May, Newcastle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/network-services-framework-briefing-bristol-registration-23223943440\">22 June, Bristol<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/network-services-framework-briefing-leeds-registration-23224278442\">12 July, Leeds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/network-services-framework-briefing-birmingham-registration-23224173127\">19 July, Birmingham<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Places are limited, so book your place now by clicking on the link above for your chosen date and venue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with Innopsis, the Crown Commercial Service is hosting customer briefings on using the Network Services agreement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69318\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}