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DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

Regional Schools Buying Hub Pilot Provider - South West (SW) Region

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79400000 79410000
Value£1.2m
Deadline26 Sept 2017
Published23 Apr 2018
RegionSouth West
Timeline
Published 23 Apr 2018ClosedCloses 26 Sept 2017
Contract value in context
£1.2mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

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 requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The Service Provider will act as

The Service Provider will act as a trusted support to schools in the North West region.

02

This support will include

This support will include:.

03

• Complex contracts support

• Complex contracts support.

04

The Service Provider will also need

The Service Provider will also need to provide the following secondary services (including but not limited to):.

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• Multichannel contact centre systems and functionality

• Multichannel contact centre systems and functionality including web-based and telephony support, social media (where appropriate), and delivery of targeted communications;.

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