School procurement

Buying goods, works and services. Collaborative procurement, finding suppliers, practical tips. Example contracts, timelines and letters.

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Guidance and regulation

• Join the risk protection arrangement (RPA) for schools
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 April 2025
  • Department for Education
• Buying for schools: find an approved framework agreement
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 February 2025
  • Department for Education
• The school resource management advisers (SRMA) programme
  • Guidance
  • 16 April 2025
  • Department for Education
• Buying for schools
  • Detailed guide
  • 4 April 2025
  • Department for Education
• Make a claim through the risk protection arrangement (RPA)
  • Detailed guide
  • 21 March 2025
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Schools able to buy more with the DfE furniture framework
  • 10 June 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Case study
• Schools save money with DfE IT frameworks
  • 10 June 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Case study
• Schools save time and money with DfE cleaning frameworks
  • 10 June 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Case study
• Teaching vacancies helps save time and money on recruitment
  • 10 June 2022
  • Department for Education
  • Case study
• The impact of school resource management advisers (SRMAs)
  • 1 March 2022
  • Closed organisation: Education and Skills Funding Agency
  • News story

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Research and statistics

• Risk protection arrangement (RPA) summary provisioning analysis
  • 12 December 2024
  • Department for Education and 바카라 사이트 Actuary's Department
  • Independent report
• Fee information, purchasing decisions and value for money
  • 2 August 2019
  • Ofqual
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Launch of the Get Help Buying for Schools service
  • 20 April 2021
  • Department for Education
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 12 March 2021
• School resource management: building a stronger system
  • 8 June 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper
• Schools바카라 사이트™ buying strategy
  • 20 April 2021
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• School buying: performance of initiatives
  • 29 August 2023
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Trends in school spending: 2002 to 2016
  • 18 December 2018
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Centre of Procurement Performance
  • 7 April 2011
  • Department for Education
  • Foi release

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Cabinet Office
• Crown Commercial Service
• 바카라 사이트 Actuary's Department

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