Published date: 30 June 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 31 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations - 98110000

Location of contract

North West, South West

Value of contract

£1,300,000

Procurement reference

tender_144227/595388

Published date

30 June 2017

Closing date

31 July 2017

Contract start date

31 October 2017

Contract end date

31 December 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Project of a Pilot on behalf of the Schools Commercial Team
This Invitation to Tender is for the procurement of the North West and South West Schools
Buying Hubs (Hubs). The purpose of the Schools Buying Hubs is to release savings that will
contribute in association with the other initiatives of the Schools Buying Strategy to achieve
a £1 billion saving by the end of the financial period 2019-20, through offering advice and
guidance, support with complex contracts and help with aggregation of deals.

More information

Links

Additional text

DfE is using its own e-tendering portal which can be accessed at the URL shown below. This is the only means that will be allowed for submission of bids
All documents can be accessed by first registering on the e-tendering portal and expressing an interest

About the buyer

Contact name

Senior Responsible Officer

Address

Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Telephone

1

Email

Sourcinghelp@education.gov.uk