NEUPC
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) is a not-for-profit professional buying organisation owned by our members for our members. Members include higher education institutions and further education colleges. They save member’s time, money and resources through collaborative procurement. Delivered through high quality procurement account management. Members shape our agreements and the work that we do.
Further information: neupc.ac.uk
North east universities to benefit from £750m construction agreement
Collaborative procurement on construction for universities in the north east of England has been made easier with a £750m framework agreement, the first of its scale in the UK. Greg Barnes, who worked on the agreement for the North Eastern Universities Procurement Consortium (NEUPC), describes its benefits and lessons learned while putting it together.
How can we tackle procurement skills shortages in higher education?
The higher education sector is facing difficulties in finding and recruiting procurement professionals with the right skills. NEUPC’s CEO Frank Rowell talks about how the consortium is addressing the issue.
Cleaning procurement – University of Durham – case study – August 2015
Durham University, in partnership with one of its cleaning suppliers, has engaged in innovative research to meet its corporate social responsibility goals, support the environment and achieve significant efficiencies at the same time.
£14.8m cash efficiency savings for NEUPC members
Following the publication of the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium’s (NEUPC) annual report, Maria Langham describes the consortium’s recent achievements and how it plans to support universities in their mission to deliver world-class education in the future.
Furniture procurement framework – Sheffield Hallam University – case study – May 2015
The NEUPC furniture framework demonstrates that putting members at the heart of collaborative procurement design ensures frameworks can be used to deliver high-quality projects for university estates. This is whilst saving members money, time and resources to use them.
Office supplies – NEUPC – case study – May 2015
NEUPC members are benefitting from additional cash savings through a pioneering arrangement with suppliers in which they pay member institutions' money back. NEUPC was instrumental in bringing the Managed Procurement Partnership concept to the Office Supplies Framework whereby buyers receive a share of mutual efficiency savings when adopting efficient buying behaviours.
