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Procurement England Ltd (PEL) is a partnership between six higher education (HE) purchasing consortia in England, and is a vehicle to advance collaborative procurement within the HE sector. PEL’s founding members are the London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), the North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC), the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), The Energy Consortium (TEC) and The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO).
Estates services procurement – Royal College of Music – case study – January 2015
The Royal College of Music ran a tender under the London Universities Purchasing Consortium's estates management services for fabric maintenance when it relocated some of its offices.
Estates maintenance – Barnet and Southgate College – case study – January 2015
Barnet and Southgate College used a framework maintenance contract across multiple sites for the first time, integrating legacy contracts with new arrangements following a merger.
Collective waste management – University of Greenwich – case study – January 2015
When the University of Greenwich's waste management contract was up for renewal, it participated on a London Universities Purchasing Consortium working group to develop a tendering framework for sustainable waste management, rather than running its own tender.
The benefits of collaboration in procurement
Collaboration in procurement is nothing new, but is becoming ever more important as universities seek to double their capital spending, Rex Knight writes.
Procurement ‘health checks’ inspire high performance universities
Universities seeking ever higher standards in their procurement are benefiting from a comprehensive measuring tool. Susan Wright, head of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium, explains how the Procurement Maturity Assessment programme has inspired real changes in English HEIs.
10 tips for managing outsourced contracts
Outsourcing is an increasingly popular way for universities to keep costs down and to focus their activities on their core business, but there are risks involved. London Universities Purchasing Consortium's Andy Davies gives his top 10 tips for managing big-ticket outsourced contracts.
LUPC joins Electronics Watch to counter labour abuses in tech industry
The largest facilitator of electronics purchasing in the higher education sector, London Universities Purchasing Consortium, joins Electronics Watch to take action against labour abuses in the electronics industry.
LUPC conference 1 April 2014: guidance on new EU procurement regulations
The LUPC Conference on Tuesday 1 April 2014 at the Institute of Education will feature a workshop on ‘The new procurement regulations – implementation of the new Directive’. The event is free for members and features a range of workshops including:
- Framework agreements and methods of call off
- Discovering opportunities in your spend data
- Impact and influence for leaders and managers
- Successful estates and procurement collaborations
- Protecting labour rights in procurement: lessons from healthcare.
Shared services: why is the higher education sector so late to the party?
In a competitive landscape, shared services can provide savings for universities prepared to investigate opportunities and plan with care. So say Martin Vincent and Vincent King of Weightmans LLP and Andy Davies Director of the London Universities Purchasing Consortium in their post for the Guardian HE network.
Cleaning and security – LUPC – case study – March 2013
Prior to 2011, LUPC's cleaning and security services were tendered separately. But this time round some members of the consortium, particularly smaller ones wanted there to be scope for the two services to be joined. The changes resulted in savings and a host of other benefits, as illustrated by the Institute of Education.
