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title: "Regional Schools Buying Hub Pilot Provider - South West (SW) Region"
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published: "2018-04-23"
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# Regional Schools Buying Hub Pilot Provider - South West (SW) Region

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-12e042b7-d15b-4fe9-80bb-06d27c1e0da7

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Department for Education, which is piloting the Regional Schools Buying Hub in the South West region of England. The tender, titled "Regional Schools Buying Hub Pilot Provider - South West (SW) Region," focuses on providing procurement consultancy services. The contract period is set from 27th November 2017 to 31st January 2019, with the tender process classified under selective procurement through a competitive dialogue. The tender period concluded on 27th September 2017.

This opportunity is ideal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) capable of providing procurement consultancy services, especially those with expertise in advising schools on reducing spends across various categories. Businesses that can offer support for complex contracts, aggregating local and regional services, or are proficient in customer relationship management technologies would be well-suited to compete for this contract and potentially expand their customer base within the education sector.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3cbfe488-a39b-4421-b7c6-8e5b7dde2803 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 Apr 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Sep 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Nov 2017 |
| Contract period | 27 Nov 2017 - 31 Jan 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,247,364 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 3BH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | Sherbourne |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry North West |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SCHOOLS BUYING CLUB |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

## Release History

- 23 Apr 2018 at 09:31 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3cbfe488-a39b-4421-b7c6-8e5b7dde2803
- 26 Jan 2018 at 10:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3cbfe488-a39b-4421-b7c6-8e5b7dde2803

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3cbfe488-a39b-4421-b7c6-8e5b7dde2803
  23rd April 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0c23c8ce-a2b2-4692-99fd-a13a9b1dddb3
  Contract

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