Get outstanding procurement support for your institution by choosing CPC's not-for-profit procurement service.
We provide flexible procurement outsourcing from one day through to five days a week and will design a strategic procurement package that will maximise your savings. Our team have secured savings of £8.5 million for our contracted education sector customers. We can support you with:
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Compliant tendering
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Contract management services
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Contracts register development
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Procurement policy and procedure review
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Spend analysis and efficiency reviews including savings opportunities
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Interim procurement service
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Merger support
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Procurement mentoring
Why choose CPC?
CPC is a not-for-profit organisation and we understand the mechanics of good procurement. Our dedicated team of procurement specialists have extensive experience and success in improving procurement within educational establishments. Our managed procurement services adhere to the UK Public Contracts Regulations / Procurement Act 2023 whilst getting the best commercial results.
Education sector experts
During the 2022-23 academic year our team helped 168 schools, academies and MATs, 98 FE colleges and 7 HE organisations to achieve their procurement requirements in compliance with internal policy and external procurement regulations.
UK wide service
Your dedicated onsite procurement consultant will be based in your region as our outsourced procurement services are nationwide. We also offer managed contracts which are delivered off-site, whilst working to an agreed programme of work.
Trusted procurement professionals
Across our contracts, we are actively involved in managing a combined non-pay spend of £350m and our team have vast experience procuring a wide range of goods and services. We service individual schools and colleges as well as informal and formal groups of educational establishments such as Multi-Academy Trusts and Federations.
CPC's unique service includes:
1. An assigned procurement specialist with the support of a team of professionals who have experience across all categories
2. Target savings opportunity -- the service cost is offset by the savings you make
3. Flexible services to suit your requirement and budget
4. Opportunity to be party to collaborative tenders managed by collaboration specialists
5. E-sourcing software provided within the contract price during the contract term
How our target savings model works
We aim to ensure the savings you make cover the cost of our service as a minimum for qualifying institutions over the course of the contract. We are the only organisation servicing the education sector to offer this opportunity.
E-tendering system access
CPC's procurement consultants have access to our Sourcing Cloud web-based software, which allows for everything from small quotations through to large scale above threshold tenders to be managed online.Our education customers don't incur software subscription costs because our service includes a licence to our software.
hen I review our non-pay expenditure budget it is really apparent the savings, across a number of contracts, that have been achieved. Hopwood Hall College wouldn't have the capacity or the expertise to have realised savings at this level, as timely or as professionally. I am really pleased with the partnership that we have working with Tenet (now known as CPC) and the advice, expertise, and negotiating skills that Tenet (now known as CPC) deliver as part of the managed procurement service.
Proven expertise
CPC's procurement consultancy service (previously known as Tenet Education Services) has been proven in the education sector since 1995. We have an increasing number of educational establishments who are making amazing savings, why not join them?