Case Studies
New House Farm CofE Primary School
Pre-opening Support
Schools’ Buying Club worked on the successful application for New House Farm CofE Primary School, on behalf of Derby Diocesan Board of Education, and is now supporting its pre-opening, which covers themes such as governance, finance, stakeholder consultation and capital works. Schools’ Buying Club also supported Derby Diocesan Board of Education with the successful application for pre-opening of and opening of Derby Cathedral School in September 2019. Building further on our relationship with Derby Diocesan Board of Education, Schools’ Buying Club recently supported the production of a Wave 14 free schools programme application.
Education for the 21st Century
Procurement of a new MFD contract
Schools’ Buying Club helped E21C procure a new MFD contract for its 9 academies. The team managed a bespoke procurement process from start to finish, helping the Trust find the best provision possible, both in terms of quality and value for money. The new centralised contract can now be managed at Trust level and will deliver a significant saving of 620k over 4 years. Additional benefits include transparent print costs, savings on environmentally friendly devices and all licenses finishing at the same time.
‘Thanks to SBC we will be paying a third of our original contract and will make a big step towards achieving our sustainability goals. The SBC team was extremely helpful and efficient throughout the process, we can’t recommend their service enough.’ Rob Carling, Director of Finance
Chiltern Learning Trust
Procurement of a new catering and ICT service
Schools’ Buying Club managed the tender process for catering services on behalf of the Chiltern Learning Trust for 10 of its schools. The schools had a range of catering providers and they were looking to create efficiencies by bringing everything under one contract. The new contract has been able to deliver a more consistent standard across the Trust and the school group will now receive a guaranteed revenue of £255k over the 3-year contract as well as receiving an investment of £245k to help improve the facilities and overall quality of the catering provision.
SBC also worked with Chiltern Learning Trust to procure a new ICT managed service. We created efficiencies by bringing everything under one easy to manage contract and ensuring a consistent standard of service across all schools in the Trust. Additionally, we helped to redefine their ICT strategy by appointing a new Director of ICT across the Trust which aligned with the start of the new contract.
“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, a truly excellent service.” Rob Parsons, COO
St Olave’s Grammar School
Procurement of a new ICT service
“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.”