Buying advice for schools
Find links to our advice on buying goods and services for schools and a calendar of our upcoming Buying 101 events.
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- General buying advice
- Buying advice for common goods and services
- Buying 101 advice sessions
- Help from the Schools Buying team
General buying advice
Schools can save money and time and reduce risk by buying smartly.
The following advice relates to buying goods and services for schools.
If you are buying construction works and construction related services for school property, the school property procurement framework applies.
School property procurement framework
The basics of buying
The buying process
Running a competitive buying process
Writing a specification of requirements
Buying collaboratively
Collaborative contracts explained
Sharing staff members across schools
Understanding contracts
Buying advice for common goods and services
Find advice on buying specific categories of goods and services using collaborative contracts.
Buying advice for common categories
The popular categories for the goods and services listed on the above page include:
Print technology and associated services
Workplace and classroom furniture
Buying 101 advice sessions
Our Schools Buying team runs Buying 101 advice sessions through Microsoft Teams.
Any staff responsible for buying at your school is encouraged to join the sessions and learn how to get the most value from purchases.
If you are interested, email school.buying@education.govt.nz to let us know which session (or sessions) you would like to join.
We will send you the Microsoft Teams link to join the session.
Term 4 2024 sessions
Better value buying: Running a competitive buying process
Wednesday 30 October, 3:15-3:45pm
Thursday 31 October, 3:15-3:45pm
Buying electricity
Wednesday 13 November, 3:15-3:45pm
Thursday 14 November, 3:15-3:45pm
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