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All your questions on ProClass are answered - what it is, how to use it, how it is maintained and updated and where you can get further help with implementation.  

This guidance paper outlines the recommended approach to applying ProClass to spend data to support comparative and collaborative spend analysis.  The document combines the previously separate 'Real-Time Classification' and 'Retrospective Classification' guides.

A practitioner’s guide to publishing information about expenditure, tenders, contracts and grants in accordance with the local government transparency code 2014

Making procurement information valuable:
Aster Group extend the boundaries.

A case study on the benefits of embedding ProClass into Financial/ERP systems at Surrey County Council.

A case study on the benefits of embedding ProClass into Financial/ERP systems at Thurrock Council.

London’s local government third party influenceable spend is almost £9.3 billion per annum with nearly 60% of this being delivered by 1,000 suppliers. The former London Centre of Excellence (LCE) adopted a Contracts Register Service (CRS) utilising ProClass to provide the high level classification necessary for major contracts and allow for the integration into the LCE’s Online Expenditure Analysis (OEA) tool.

Case study showing how the Procurement Agency for Essex utilised ProClass to gain improved spend information for collaboration and comparison opportunities leading to greater savings.

How ProClass enabled the analysis of spend data from 28 London Boroughs to give an insight into Food & Catering spend.

Carbon is fast becoming a scarce resource that organisations need to manage efficiently. Significant emission sources are often linked to outsourced activities. Organisations are therefore increasingly looking to reduce emissions throughout their value chains. By taking a comprehensive approach to GHG measurement and management, organisations can focus on the greatest opportunities to reduce emissions.

This strategy sets out a vision for local government procurement and encourages all councils in England to engage with the delivery of outcomes in four key areas.