FTS Eligible Users
Classification of geographical areas and contracting authorities referred to in Find a Framework notices:
List of Contracting Authorities can be found in the Office for National Statistics’ Public Sector Classification Guide – see the ‘Central Government’ worksheet in the ‘Public Sector Classification Guide’ spreadsheet found at:
Public sector classification guide
UK/United Kingdom: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The UK Government and its Offices, including the Houses of Parliament.
The Royal Households.
Administrative Regions of the United Kingdom: All Local Government administered regions of the United Kingdom including.
Regions in England: Reference may be made to the 9 highest tier of Regions:- East Midlands, West Midlands; East of England; South East; South West; North West; North East; Yorkshire & Humber; London, or to individual administering Councils.
Including the department of Transport, including all of its regions and the newly formed Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The London Mayors Office and all regional mayors’ offices.
Northern Ireland: Administered across 26 Districts of Northern Ireland:
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/local-councils-in-northern-ireland
Northern Ireland Public Bodies
Northern Ireland Government Departments
Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies & Local Authorities
Schools in Northern Ireland
Further and Higher Education in Northern Ireland
Hospitals
Boards
Scotland: Administered across 32 Council areas:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-local-government-financial-statistics-2010-11/pages/1/
Scottish Public Bodies
Scottish Government
Scottish Local Authorities
Scottish AGENCIES, NDPBs
Scottish NHS Bodies
Scottish Further & Higher Education Bodies
Scottish Police
Scottish Fire & Rescue
Scottish Housing Associations
Scottish Parliament
The Scotland Office
Scotland Citizen Advice
Wales: Administered across 22 Council areas:
https://gov.wales/find-your-local-authority
Welsh Public Bodies
National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government & Welsh Local Authorities
Government
Councils
NHS Wales
NHS Wales GP Practices
Local Authority Councils
County, Unitary, District, Borough, and Metropolitan Councils (Parish and Community Councils are also permissible users) – please refer to the links in the relevant Sections above entitled: Regions in England; Northern Ireland; Scotland; Wales
https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council
Educational Establishments: Nursery School, Primary School, Middle or High School, Secondary School, Academy, Special School, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), Further Education College, University.
Schools in England
https://www.gov.uk/find-school-in-england
Educational Establishments in England and Wales: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130103065241/http://education.gov.uk/edubase/search.xhtml?clear=true
Scottish Schools Online:
https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/my-school/choosing-a-school/
Wales:
https://www.gov.wales/address-list-schools
Schools Database Northern Ireland: https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/articles/information-school-types-northern-ireland
Academies
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
Universities and Colleges
https://www.gov.uk/check-university-award-degree
http://www.university-list.net/uk/universities-1000.html
https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/about/Pages/member-institutions.aspx
https://www.gov.uk/check-a-university-is-officially-recognised/overview
https://www.aoc.co.uk/about-colleges/research-and-stats/key-further-education-statistics
Police, Fire & Rescue & Maritime & Coastguard Agency Emergency Services:
https://www.psni.police.uk/about-us/local-policing
http://www.firescotland.gov.uk/your-area.aspx
https://www.police.uk/pu/contact-us/
https://www.scotland.police.uk/about-us/
https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue-Services
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency
https://apccs.police.uk/about-the-apcc/
NHS Bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and Ambulance Services:
https://www.nhs.uk/service-search/other-services#A
https://www.hscni.net/
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/organisations/
http://www.scottishambulance.com/TheService/organised.aspx
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/nhswalesaboutus/structure
https://aace.org.uk/uk-ambulance-service/
Non-Departmental Public Bodies:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations
Registered Charities
http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/registerhomepage.aspx
http://www.oscr.org.uk/
http://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/
Registered Social Landlords:
Government-funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing
https://www.housingregulator.gov.scot/landlord-performance
https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations
All 700 plus current members of Procurement for Housing (PfH) and any future members, details of current membership for PfH can be found here.
The member organisations above are located throughout the UK, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
National Parks Authorities:
https://www.nationalparks.uk/
Hospices in the UK:
https://www.hospiceuk.org/
Citizens Advice in the United Kingdom
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm
http://www.cas.org.uk
http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/
Other Public sector buying organisations and their members:
SUPC members see https://www.supc.ac.uk/our-members/
APUC members see https://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/Members
NWUPC members see www.nwupc.ac.uk;
NEUPC members see https://www.neupc.ac.uk/join/members/who-are-our-members
HEPCW members see https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/
LUPC members see https://www.lupc.ac.uk/members/our-members
Academies and Free Schools https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development
Further Education Colleges https://www.aoc.co.uk/about/list-of-colleges-in-the-uk
Other organisations:
Any other corporation established, or a group of individuals appointed to act together, for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and
(i) financed wholly or mainly by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above;
(ii) subject to management supervision by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above; or
(iii) more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another Contracting Authority(s) listed above;
(iv) an association of or formed by one or more of the Contracting Authority(s) listed above.