DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION · Awarded contract
Awarded

Pilot of Regional Schools Buying Hub for North West England

Awarded 24 Nov 2017

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Awarded24 Nov 2017
Value£1,313,500.00
RegionNorth West
CategoryEducation & Training
Ended 7y 9mo ago1y 2mo term
Awarded 24 Nov 2017Expired 31 Jan 2019

The Department for Education awarded a contract to 2buy2.com Limited for the pilot of a Schools' Buying Hub in the North West region of England.

The service provider acts as a trusted support to schools, offering advice and guidance to reduce spend across all categories, complex contracts support, and local and regional aggregation to reduce spend on complex areas such as learning resources (excluding ICT equipment), ICT learning resources, and administrative supplies.

The hubs offer services to all state 5-16 year schools in the region.

Secondary services include a customer relationship management solution and underpinning technologies, a programme for ensuring high levels of registration with and uptake of the hub's service, multichannel contact centre systems and functionality including web-based and telephony support, social media where appropriate, and delivery of targeted communications, and access to specialist procurement advisors.

The contract value is AUD 1,313,500.

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