About The Procurement Office
Our prime role is to ensure that value for money is obtained, for all bought in goods, services and works. A major way of achieving both these objectives is by procurement acting as the interface between the university and suppliers. We are responsible for the management of the campus wide procurement strategy. This is implemented and delivered by procedures and compliance with University financial regulations.
We operate a policy of treating all suppliers fairly and ethically which fosters good relations and delivers added value to the university.
About 20% of the University's non pay budget is spent on goods and services. They are mainly purchased from inter regional framework agreements and contracts for day to day and low value ongoing requirements. These contracts are tailored to the higher education sector and are let by regional and national purchasing consortia. They are listed on GeM which is a contracts repository. We maintain strong working relationships and collaborations with purchasing consortiums and other universities, the funding councils and other funding sources.
A large part of the non pay expenditure is the purchase of a wide range of specialist and one-off requirements which are obtained by competitive tendering. These range from research equipment, capital projects, small works, maintenance and contracts for services. If you are planning a high value spend or spend of a complex nature please let us know at the planning stage. We can then advise and assist you with the whole process from drafting the business case to post installation contract management.
If you need help with your purchasing requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us for advice and assistance.