Retain local suppliers and support your community while making great savings.

Schools can make significant savings in facilities management spend by sharing the cost of a local service provider, a process which we can organise for you.  For example, if your school uses the services of a local company to manage your grounds maintenance, by teaming up with other local schools, we can negotiate a better fee for these services. This localised group buying will ensure that businesses based in your own community continue to thrive.  Services such as grounds and buildings maintenance, and cleaning and caretaking can all be procured on this basis.  

Additional savings on your water rates (for example) can be made by managing your water consumption more efficiently. The average saving on Facilities Management secured by our members is around 10% to 15%. 

Check out our facilities management case studies for examples of where we've made savings for our members.

Did you know?

• Collaborate with other schools in your region to get better deals. We have seen schools move away from Local Authority contracts that charge them on pupil numbers, despite having little landscaping or maintenance requirements - they were paying a disproportionate amount for their service.
• Cleaning is a competitive market but our benchmarked data will allow you to compare your costs and to develop a package which meets your specific needs. Compare local suppliers to your Local Authority, and collaborate with other local schools - the increase in business will drive prices down.
• Bundle all of your maintenance requirements together and use on demand and output-based contracting.

For more information about how you can save, register with the Schools' Buying Club to access our facilities management buyer's guide.