TS4: what it means for buyers – and how customers procure Altiatech services
Industry update: TS4 – Altiatech routes to market
TS4: what it means for buyers – and how customers procure Altiatech services
Technology Services 4 (TS4) is Crown Commercial Service’s framework agreement (RM6190) for buying a broad range of technology services. Put simply, TS4 is a procurement vehicle, it gives public sector organisations a compliant route to engage suppliers for defined pieces of work, from strategy and service design through to infrastructure, applications, data and transformation.
TS4 is designed to support modernisation programmes that don’t fit neatly into one box. It covers connected workstreams such as infrastructure management, live service management, application and data management, transition and service integration, and wider transformation. CCS has also highlighted that TS4 supports the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation as part of wider delivery.
Where Altiatech fits on TS4
Altiatech is listed on TS4 for the Lower Value & Complexity sub-lots in:
- Infrastructure Management (Lower Value & Complexity)
- Application and Data Management (Lower Value & Complexity)
In practical terms, these routes support buyer needs such as targeted infrastructure improvements, cloud and platform operations, resilience work, and application/data changes delivered with clear scope, governance and measurable outcomes.
When TS4 is the right route
TS4 is often a good fit when you need one or more of the following:
- A defined piece of infrastructure management or improvement work with a clear outcome (for example, stabilisation, resilience uplift, or platform operations).
- Application development, management or support changes that must be delivered with service continuity in mind.
- Data management work (for example, improving a data platform, modernising pipelines, or strengthening operational reporting).
- A programme that spans multiple disciplines and needs a single, compliant route to market with consistent governance.
- Work that includes AI or automation as an enabling component, but still sits within a broader service outcome.
How buyers typically use TS4
High-performing procurements tend to follow a simple pattern:
- Start with the outcome and the operating model. What must improve (availability, recovery, security posture, delivery speed, user experience), and how will it be measured?
- Confirm constraints early. Data sensitivity, hosting requirements, identity and access, support hours, tooling constraints and integration dependencies shape the right delivery approach.
- Choose the right TS4 route. Select the relevant lot/sub-lot and run the procurement process set out by CCS (competition where required).
- Deliver with clear governance. Reporting, change control, and service transition planning reduce risk and make benefits easier to evidence.
How to procure Altiatech through TS4
- Reference Technology Services 4 (TS4), RM6190, as your procurement route.
- For infrastructure operations and improvements, select Infrastructure Management (Lower Value & Complexity).
- For application and data work, select Application and Data Management (Lower Value & Complexity).
- Start with a short scoping call so we can help you confirm the right route, shape a buyer-friendly statement of work, and propose a delivery and governance approach suitable for your programme.
Find out more
- CCS agreement page: Technology Services 4 (RM6190) – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6190
- CCS supplier profile: Altiatech Ltd (TS4 lots supplied) – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/suppliers/2386/altiatech-ltd
- CCS news: Technology Services 4 framework launch – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/news/technology-services-4-framework-launch
- Contact Altiatech – https://www.altiatech.com/contact
How to procure Altiatech through TS4
- Reference Technology Services 4 (TS4), RM6190, as your procurement route.
- For infrastructure operations and improvements, select Infrastructure Management (Lower Value & Complexity).
- For application and data work, select Application and Data Management (Lower Value & Complexity).
- Start with a short scoping call so we can help you confirm the right route, shape a buyer-friendly statement of work, and propose a delivery and governance approach suitable for your programme.
Find out more
- CCS agreement page: Technology Services 4 (RM6190) – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6190
- CCS supplier profile: Altiatech Ltd (TS4 lots supplied) – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/suppliers/2386/altiatech-ltd
- CCS news: Technology Services 4 framework launch – https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/news/technology-services-4-framework-launch
- Contact Altiatech – https://www.altiatech.com/contact
Ready to move from ideas to delivery?
Whether you’re planning a cloud change, security uplift, cost governance initiative or a digital delivery programme, we can help you shape the scope and the right route to market.
Email:
innovate@altiatech.com or call
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