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Supplier Opportunities
Inspire Education Group (IEG) has proudly delivered education and training for over six decades. Throughout this period, we’ve cultivated valuable relationships with numerous businesses, supporting our strategic objective to procure high-value goods, works, and services that directly benefit our students. Notably, many of our local suppliers and their employees are former College students, having acquired essential skills here to operate thriving enterprises.
Our Procurement Approach
IEG procures a diverse range of works, goods and services, encompassing everything from essential learning materials for our extensive course offerings to the engagement of contractors for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of our premises.
We acknowledge the invaluable contribution of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and are committed to actively encouraging their participation in our procurement activities.
Our procurement methodology is primarily dictated by the projected value of each contract. This ensures rigorous adherence to both UK Procurement Regulations and our established internal procurement and financial policies and procedures.
Getting in Touch
While IEG does not accept speculative expressions of interest prior to the advertisement of tenders, we welcome introductory emails for our records. Prospective suppliers should direct their initial correspondence to the Procurement Department, at procurement@ieg.ac.uk detailing the works, goods or services your organisation can provide.
For information regarding subcontracted training provision, please refer to the dedicated further information section below.
Further Information
As an FE College we are legally required to comply with EU tendering directives, the purpose of the directives is to encourage open and transparent competition throughout the European Union. Where it is anticipated that procurement will reach the threshold we will either purchase via a pre tendered framework agreement or advertise our requirement in the Official Journal of the European Union ourselves. The EU thresholds from June 2020 are as follows:
- Goods and Services – £189,330
- Works – £4,733,252
- Small Lot Works – £888,288
- Social and Other Specific Services – £663,540
Peterborough College may also choose to purchase through a central purchasing body, such as The Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) which boasts a membership of over 3,200 institutions throughout the U.K. CPC have a range of EU tendered contracts for members to access; carrying out a further competition exercise within the framework is an efficient way of obtaining best value and complying with our legal obligations. CPC appoint both national and regional suppliers for many of their contracts. Businesses interested in becoming a supplier to the CPC can register their interest and/or view details of current and forthcoming tenders on the In-Tend website.
For further details about the Crescent Purchasing Consortium their website is:Â www.thecpc.ac.uk/
Other consortia used by Peterborough College are:
- East Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO)Â espo.org/?CMD=CTR
- Crown Commercial Services:gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service
- Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)Â supc.ac.uk
Depending on the type of requirement and value of the contract we may choose to investigate the market and invite quotes or tender bids or advertise the contract, suitable opportunities will be advertised on Multiquote, an electronic tendering platform which can be viewed at http://www.multiquote.com/, suppliers can register and look for opportunities free of charge. For contract values of £25,000 or above, opportunities will also be advertised in Contracts Finder www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
From time to time, depending on funding allocations the College may seek to appoint experienced providers who can provide a high quality training experience to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding on its behalf. Opportunities will be advertised as and when they become available.
The area shaded in green represents a 70 mile radius to Peterborough and will be the focus of our provision. The geographical area is indicated below:
Potential suppliers should, in the first instance email the Procurement Department on procurement@ieg.ac.uk
Supplier Opportunities
Potential suppliers should, in the first instance e-mail the Procurement Department for the attention of the Colleges Procurement & Contracts Officer, Natalie Shipp (natalie.shipp@ieg.ac.uk).
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