TUCO members are under no obligation to join any framework.
Permissible users of TUCO frameworks include:
TUCO Member and Associate Member Authorities
- TUCO Members
Local authority councils:
- England Scotland and Wales Local Councils
- Northern Ireland Local Councils
- Conwy CBC,
- Denbighshire CC,
- Flintshire CC,
- Wrexham CBC,
- Sefton Council,
- Halton BC,
- Cheshire West and Chester Council,
- South Ribble Borough Council,
- Liverpool City Council,
- Wirral BC,
- Rochdale MBC,
- Northumberland CC
- any other Local Authorities
Educational establishments:
- Schools in England
- Schools in Wales
- Educational Establishments in England and Wales
- Schools in Scotland
- Educational Establishments in Scotland
- Schools and Educational Establishments in Northern Ireland
- England Scotland and Wales Higher Education
- Northern Ireland Higher Education
- Education Trusts
Police, fire and rescue, maritime and coastguard agency emergency services:
- UK Police Forces
- England Fire and Rescue Services
- Scotland Fire and Rescue Services
- Wales Fire and Rescue Services
- Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Services
- UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency
NHS bodies, the HSC (Northern Ireland) and ambulance services:
- England NHS
- Scotland NHS
- Wales NHS
- Northern Ireland HSC
- England Ambulance Service
- Scotland Ambulance Service
- Wales Ambulance Service
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
- Local Authorities, Research Councils www.rcuk.ac.uk, NHS Trusts
Central government departments and their agencies:
Registered charities:
- England and Wales Registered Charities
- Scotland Registered Charities
- Northern Ireland Registered Charities
- Hospice Quality Partnership
Registered social landlords: government funded, not-for-profit organisations that provide affordable housing. They include housing associations, trusts and cooperatives.
- England Social Landlords
- Scotland Social Landlords
- Wales Social Landlords
- Northern Ireland Social Landlords
- All 700 plus current members of Procurement for Housing (PfH) and any future members, details of current membership for PfH can be found here.
- Please refer to the following websites for a full list of RSL`s: http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/ or http://www.ukmsl.com/client/nusconnect/
- The member organisations above are located throughout the UK, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Public sector buying organisations:
- http://www.hefce.ac.uk/unicoll/
- http://www.tuco.org/buy/clients);
- SUPC members see http://supc.procureweb.ac.uk/aboutsupc-members;
- APUC members see http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/home.htm;
- NWUPC members see www.nwupc.ac.uk;
- NEUPC members see http://neupg.procureweb.ac.uk/;
- HEPCW members see http://hepcw.procureweb.ac.uk/;
- LUPC members see http://www.lupc.ac.uk/;
- Academies; Further Education FE colleges and FE colleges via Crescent Purchasing Consortium (currently 170 colleges throughout the UK)
- any other member of CPC
Other organisations:
- All Contracting Authorities as defined in Regulation 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
- The Framework Agreement is also for use by but not limited to Crown Commercial Services.
This Framework may also be used by other public bodies as defined by the European Union. GOReference GO-2012314-PRO-3784493.