SBC Regional Buying Hubs

Supporting local procurement collaboration to save schools money and create greater efficiency

Our services:

Direct Award

Use our fully compliant direct award service to appoint the supplier that you know provides the best quality service.

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Mini Competition

We’ll run a mini competition from companies in our supply chain that are ideally positioned to successfully deliver your contract.

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Full Tender

We’ll run an end-to-end procurement of suitable companies across the UK, from developing the specification to evaluating the bids.

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Virtual Procurement Officer

We’ll provide a procurement professional to help deliver all your tenders, they’ll become a dedicated member of your business management team.

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Contract and Project Management

Need additional expert support to monitor a contract, develop funding applications, manage construction projects or design and implement communications campaigns?

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Free Procurement Helpline

We’re here to build your confidence around procurement, answering your questions around procurement process, compliance and categories of spend.

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UPCOMING AUTUMN EVENTS

Meet our friendly team at the Autumn events that we are attending to find out how we can help you with attaining efficient and compliant procurement services.

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FREE PROCUREMENT HELPLINE

We’re here to build your confidence around procurement, answering your questions around procurement process, compliance and categories of spend.

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SBC REGIONAL BUYING HUBS

Visit your region:

Schools’ Buying Club’s new buying hub services focus on local support for schools and Trusts, based on what you want from your procurement service:

FAST

Save time and money securing new contracts in weeks not months, via our fully compliant direct award service
DEDICATED

Allocating expert virtual procurement officers as part of your team, to execute your buying strategy
FLEXIBLE

Running mini competitions or full tenders with local and national suppliers, developing fit for purpose specifications
MANAGED

Delivering contract management services, growth and efficiency planning, new school applications and build services
EXTENSIVE

Offering free advice and guidance across all areas of spend, and compliant solutions for whatever your school or Trust needs
COMMITTED

Investing in social value to support your school, Trust and community, including your professional development

Our multi award-winning end-to-end procurement tendering service is focused on letting new contracts across a range of categories including catering, cleaning, ICT managed services, MFDs and managed print, FM and building services, audit, HR and payroll amongst others.

Support local

We are increasingly asked by our customers to source regional specialist suppliers, companies that focus on quality and that support the local community. We will always work with you to select a range of suppliers to offer real choice. We focus on your needs, working with local suppliers as well as national providers to achieve best value and save money.

We successfully delivered the Regional Schools’ Buying Hub South West on behalf of the Department for Education, and we knew first-hand that schools and Trusts wanted regional hands-on procurement support to deliver cost-effective services, facilitating collaboration and encouraging competition to make savings.

Over the past year we have delivered:

Number of single school
contract awards:

169

Total amount
of UK savings:

£11.9m

Number of MAT
contract awards:

136

Savings in numbers: IPad Airs

25,536

Savings in numbers: Rounders sets

216,718

Savings in numbers: exercise books

24.8m

Why use Schools’ Buying Club?

Public Service Procurement Specialist:

We are CIPS qualified education procurement specialists; providing award-winning services and ensuring best value services are procured compliantly.

Committed to Building Relationships:

We are committed to quality, service and value at a contract level, and in the relationships we build with school and Trust partners.

Qualification & Accreditations:

We are ISO9001 certified for quality management and ISO27001 certified for information security, and Cyber Essentials accredited.

Department for Education:

We successfully operated on behalf of the Department for Education, a regional buying hub for all schools and Trusts across the South West.

Bellevue Place Education Trust:

We established our own Trust, BPET, and we know first-hand just how important an efficient and effective procurement strategy is to deliver quality and value.

Procurement Accreditation Offer:

We have partnered with ISBL and CIPS to help take your procurement knowledge and experience one step further by contributing towards the cost of your training.

Message from Claire Delaney, Managing Director of Schools’ Buying Club

Schools’ Buying Club was created to provide schools with exceptional procurement support. In the daily life of a school, it is unrealistic to expect school business professionals to understand not only the minute details of everything that needs to be purchased, but the most effective way of purchasing it.

That’s why we are here for schools and MATs across the country. We run our own Trust, so we service our clients from the perspective of being part of the education sector and not just a company that serves it. This makes us incredibly proud.

We go that little bit further; think that little bit harder

We are helping more and more schools everyday – here’s what our clients have to say:

“The support given by Schools’ Buying Club felt like having an extended procurement team within the trust. The officers were excellent, communicative, always available to provide advice and guidance, informed, and understanding of our context and needs. Schools’ Buying Club has now supported us with cleaning, catering and ICT managed service tenders, and I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them to other trusts – excellent service.”

Chiltern Learning Trust

“Thank you for your guidance through such a complex process. We really appreciate the support and savings.”

Bramley Grange Primary School, Rotherham

“The result that Schools’ Buying Club helped us to achieve is very much appreciated. We would not hesitate to recommend their service.”

Coopers School, Chislehurst

“Schools’ Buying Club conducted our recent procurement project in a highly professional manner. The SBC representatives were very knowledgeable, responsive and customer focused. They were a real credit to the organisation.”

Havering Borough Council

“When the Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership faced the daunting task of re-tendering operations across its academies, it could have found no better partner than the Schools’ Buying Club. Steering us through a complex tendering process and helping us to deliver substantial financial savings and an improved service for our Children and Young People. To anyone in a similar position, I would highly recommend the Schools’ Buying Club.’ ”

Mark Harris, Finance Director

Kent Catholic School Partnership

“Schools’ Buying Club has made a monumental saving for our school and we cannot wait to put the money towards improving the education of our students.”

Lordswood Boy School

“The result has been fantastic. Thank you for enabling us to not only save money…but generate £97k over three years.”

The Stour Academy Trust

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It couldn’t be simpler!

Contact us and share your requirements and current service data
We will devise the procurement strategy and assess the potential savings
Sign a Letter of Agreement, and we’ll do the rest!

If this is of interest, please contact us!

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SBC Regional Buying Hubs

Supporting local procurement collaboration to save schools money and create greater efficiency

Direct Award

Mini Competition

Full Tender

Virtual Procurement Officer

Contract and Project Management

Free Procurement Helpline

Visit your region:

Schools’ Buying Club’s new buying hub services focus on local support for schools and Trusts, based on what you want from your procurement service:

FAST

DEDICATED

FLEXIBLE

MANAGED

EXTENSIVE

COMMITTED

Our multi award-winning end-to-end procurement tendering service is focused on letting new contracts across a range of categories including catering, cleaning, ICT managed services, MFDs and managed print, FM and building services, audit, HR and payroll amongst others.

Support local

Over the past year we have delivered:

Number of single school contract awards:

Total amount of UK savings:

Number of MAT contract awards:

Savings in numbers: IPad Airs

Savings in numbers: Rounders sets

Savings in numbers: exercise books

Why use Schools’ Buying Club?

Public Service Procurement Specialist:

Committed to Building Relationships:

Qualification & Accreditations:

Department for Education:

Bellevue Place Education Trust:

Procurement Accreditation Offer:

Message from Claire Delaney, Managing Director of Schools’ Buying Club

We go that little bit further; think that little bit harder

Schools’ Buying Club

Schools’ Buying Club

Schools’ Buying Club

It couldn’t be simpler!

If this is of interest, please contact us!

How can we help?

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