Procurement and supplier management
Delivering value and achieving compliance
Our procurement solutions are specially designed for the education, research, and public service sectors. Last year our frameworks and dynamic markets were used by 340 organisations spending over £29 million.
We work on your behalf with vendors, sector consortia, and national framework providers to secure simple-to-use, market-beating, compliant routes to purchase across hundreds of digital services. Explore available frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems.
How to buy our products and services
Compliant routes to use
Most members organisations will be required to follow the Procurement Act 2023. Depending on your needs, there are several compliant routes, each designed to offer flexibility, speed, and transparency.
- Frameworks and DPS: our frameworks and DPS are procured under the UK procurement regulations
- Jisc-negotiated licensing agreements: many of our agreements are unique and cannot be procured, we issue transparency notices for such agreements to ensure they are in line with the regulations
Your core Jisc membership subscription is unique - largely because we are the UK’s sole National Research and Education Network (NREN) - so you do not need to run a tender to meet procurement regulations .
If your subscription costs exceed the relevant procurement threshold and you want to show compliance, we recommend publishing a procurement transparency notice (UK5).
Ethical procurement charter
We put ethical procurement at the heart of our work, ensuring our activities protect and benefit society, the environment, and economy. Our approach reinforces our commitment to achieving net zero operational emissions by 2040 and driving ethical digital transformation.
UK higher education procurement network
For frameworks that cover a wide range of services including other ICT and digital technology areas, explore the portfolios of our regional sector partners – each leveraging the aggregated buying power of higher education to secure better value for you:
- SUPC: Southern Universities Procurement Consortium
- LUPC: London Universities Purchasing Consortium
- NEUPC: North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium
- NWUPC: North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium
- APUC: Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges, Scotland’s procurement centre of excellence for procurement.
- HEPCW: Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales
UCISA: we work closely with UCISA to align procurement with digital transformation strategies, ensuring institutions have access to the right technology and services.
GEANT Procurement SIG: we are an active member of the GEANT Procurement Special Interest Group, collaborating with European partners to share best practice, develop joint strategies, and influence procurement standards across research and education networks.
Talk to the experts
Our team specialises in network connectivity, cloud services, cyber security, software and content licensing, library services, AI tools and open research. Get in touch for expert advice and acquire what you need quickly and easily.
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Supplying Jisc and its members
If you are interested in being a supplier to Jisc and its members, you must register on our e-tendering portal Mercell. This will enable you to view and respond to any Jisc opportunities. It is free to register and handles all stages of the tender process as well as advertising opportunities on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender Service (FTS).
Please contact uksupport@eu-supply.com if you need technical assistance.