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Contract Management: Our Top Tips

You have completed the procurement process, awarded the contract to the successful supplier and, if applicable, finalised the TUPE process. What’s next? Ongoing contract management. Read our top tips for a successful contract management process.

Procurement Services: Which route to market is right for my school or MAT?

Our focus is to identify efficiencies and generate savings through local collaboration. Using Schools’ Buying Club you have three compliant routes to market that provide fast and effective procurement solutions, saving time and money. Which route is right for your school or MAT?

Procurement in Uncertain Times: A Spotlight on Energy

Schools’ Buying Club together with Zenergi and guest SBL speakers, Hilary Goldsmith, Business Leadership Consultant; and Tina Button, School Business Manager at The Wyvern School, hosted a webinar on managing your procurements in these uncertain times with a spotlight focus on energy.

Brexit Update: What happens next for public procurement?

Part of our What does Brexit mean for public procurement in the UK’s Education Sector? series February 2021 update.

Find a Tender: The post-Brexit public sector procurement notice portal

From Friday 1st January 2021 a new e-notification portal called Find a Tender (FTS) will be used to post and view public sector procurement notices.

Schools’ Buying Club is ready for the switch to Find a Tender and will continue to seamlessly manage your procurements throughout the transition period.

What does Brexit mean for public procurement in the UK’s Education Sector? November 2020 update

Your November 2020 update on the potential ramifications that leaving the EU could have on public procurement in the UK, and what this could mean for the education sector.