Management & Running of Schools Buying Hubs Regional Pilot
key details
| Value | £2,560,865 |
|---|---|
| Status | complete |
| Category (CPV) | 98110000 +2 more |
| Region | North West, South West |
| Deadline | 20 Sept 2017 |
| Contract start | 27 Nov 2017 |
| Contract end | 31 Jan 2019 |
| Procedure | selective |
| SME suitable | Yes |
| OCID | ocds-b5fd17-178e6079-70d8-4dac-aeef-07e626360e8a |
Awards (5)
This procurement was awarded to 5 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £2,560,865.
| Supplier | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2buy2.com Limited shared | £2,560,865 | 24 Nov 2017 | active |
| Jon Yates shared | £361,713 | 15 Mar 2017 | active |
| MICROSOFT LIMITED | £99,603 | 27 Feb 2023 | active |
| PLACE GROUP LIMITED trading as SCHOOLS BUYING CLUB shared | £2,560,865 | 24 Nov 2017 | active |
| S W BRUCE & COMPANY LIMITED | £109,296 | 4 Dec 2023 | active |
description
The Invitation to Tender was for the procurement of the North West and South West Schools' Buying Hubs (Hubs). It is the Department's intention to establish a national network of School Buying Service Providers, beginning with a pilot phase.
The Department is Piloting the Schools' Buying Hub concept in two regions of England (North West and South West) with the potential to roll out more hubs nationality if it proves successful.
The Service Provider will act as a trusted support to schools in the North West region. This support will include:
- Advice and guidance - to reduce spend across all categories of spend
- Complex contracts support
- 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 will offer services to all state 5-16 year schools in their region.
The Service Provider will also need to provide the following secondary services (including but not limited to):
| • | a customer relationship management Solution (CRM) and underpinning technologies |
| • | a programme for ensuring high levels of registration with and uptake of the Hubs service |
| • | Multichannel contact centre systems and functionality including web-based and telephony support, social media (where appropriate), and delivery of targeted communications; |
| • | access to specialist procurement advisors |
documents
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d4a4d062-c33e-4292-8153-f79437049d4d , tenderNotice
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notice history
5 notices published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 May 2017 | Award update (awardUpdate) | · | 96a18a64-fb5d-4b45-835f-6bde8523fd3c-150752 |
| 2 Jun 2017 | Planning (planning) | · | 3765a168-e7d4-4dc4-b53a-57eea56bf5bf-131675 |
| 5 Dec 2018 | Award update (awardUpdate) | · | 4cd30edd-24a3-40da-ad97-24441f2f2790-257222 |
| 10 Mar 2023 | Award (award) | · | 14ce332f-7010-4d85-9dab-08c73e2a7d46-623122 |
| 6 Dec 2023 | Award (award) | · | 54ae6e65-e822-4c83-bd2f-c9f0a9164f10-704811 |
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