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Government Functional Standard GovS 008: Commercial and Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework

The Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework is designed to help drive continuous improvement in commercial practices across the public sector.

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Published
4 February 2016
Last updated
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Assess your organisation’s commercial maturity

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Government Functional Standard - GovS 008: Commercial

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Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework

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Commercial Pipeline Guidance V8 (HTML)

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Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Onboarding Guidance V2.3 (HTML)

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AssessCommercial yourContinuous organisation’sImprovement commercialAssessment maturityFramework (CCIAF) - Peer Review Guidance v2.2 (HTML)

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CCIAF Assessment Scoring Tool v 2.22.3

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Commercial ContinuousPipeline Improvement Assessment Framework Onboarding Guidance V2.3V8 (PDF)

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Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Onboarding Guidance V2.3 (HTML)

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Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF) - Peer Review Guidance v2.2 (PDF)

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Commercial Pipeline Guidance V8 (PDF)

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Commercial Pipeline Guidance V8 (HTML)

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CCIAF Onboarding Training Video

## CCIAF Onboarding Guidance Training Video

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Published 4 February 2016
Last updated 76 MayJanuary 20252026 + show all updates

  2. Replaced the document: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V7 With the following: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V8

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Update history

2026-05-14 12:32
Added the document: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V9

2026-01-06 12:32
Added the document: CCIAF Assessment Scoring Tool v 2.3

2025-05-07 15:27
Replaced the document: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V7With the following: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V8

2025-01-21 14:20
Added the document: Assess your organisation’s commercial maturity

2024-03-11 13:44
Added document: Commercial Pipeline Guidance V7 (HTML)

2023-10-03 16:52
Replaced the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Onboarding Guidance with the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework Onboarding Guidance V2.3

2023-10-02 13:29
Replaced the CCIAF Assessment Scoring Tool 2022 and the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework (CCIAF) – Peer Review Guidance with the latest versions.

2022-10-21 11:35
Added CCIAF Onboarding Guidance Training video

2022-10-04 09:08
Peer review guidance document added

2022-06-21 14:21
Included a newer version of the CCIAF Assessment Scoring Tool. It has been updated to promote closer alignment to the new Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework, and to simplify the assessment process for relevant organisations.

2022-06-20 13:58
The Functional Standard has been amended to simplify its content, and to facilitate better alignment with the Commercial Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework.

2022-06-16 15:46
Following stakeholder engagement with LGA and NHS, the document has been updated to reflect the requirements of multiple different public sector organisations outside central government.