Buying advice for common categories
Find a list of the goods and services for which specific buying advice can be accessed.
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- Buying goods and services under collaborative contracts
- All-of-government contracts
- Syndicated contracts
- Goods and services with no collaborative option
Buying goods and services under collaborative contracts
When buying common goods and services for your school, you have the option to join collaborative contracts.
Collaborative contracts explained
Joining a collaborative contract can save your school both money and time, while also reducing risk.
There are 2 types of collaborative contracts often joined by schools:
- all-of-government contracts
- syndicated contracts.
We recommend following the advice on the pages linked to below.
All-of-government contracts
Workplace and classroom furniture
Print technology and associated services
Syndicated contracts
Goods and services with no collaborative option
Risk management scheme (insurance programme)
Directly resourced bus services
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