Guidance

How to talk about being a supplier on the Digital Marketplace

Letting people know your services are available on the Digital Marketplace.

When your services have been accepted on to one of the frameworks on the Digital Marketplace, you can let people know that they鈥檙e available.

When you can talk about being a supplier on the Digital Marketplace

You can say that you鈥檙e a supplier on the Digital Marketplace when you鈥檝e been accepted onto a framework. This usually happens when:

  1. The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has told you your application was successful.
  2. You鈥檝e signed and returned your framework agreement through the Digital Marketplace.
  3. CCS has told you that the 10-day 鈥榮tandstill鈥� period has ended and the framework is live.

What you need approval for

You need to tell CCS about any document or web page that uses the supplier logo or refers to your services being available on the Digital Marketplace.

You don鈥檛 need approval from CCS to:

If you鈥檝e worked with a buyer and want to use their logo or write a case study about how you worked together:

  • get their written permission to use the logo
  • invite the buyer to review the case study before you publish it

Talking about the Digital Marketplace or CCS

Many suppliers add a logo or reference to the Digital Marketplace or CCS on their website or in their marketing material. If you do this, you must not refer to your organisation as a:

  • Digital Marketplace supplier
  • CCS approved supplier
  • CCS endorsed supplier
  • CCS accredited supplier

You must be specific about which:

  • version of the framework your services are available on, for example 鈥楧igital Outcomes and Specialists 3鈥�
  • category your services are in, for example 鈥榰ser research participants鈥�

You can use the CCS supplier logo if you follow the brand guidelines.

Updates to this page

Published 20 January 2017

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