A not-for-profit professional buying organisation owned by its Members, for its Members
LUPC - a member of Procurement England Ltd.
Our Agreements
Audio Visual (AV)
Catering
Estates & Facilities Management
Asbestos Consultancy ServicesAsbestos Removal ServicesAutomatic Doors & Roller ShuttersCatering Light and Heavy EquipmentCleaning & Janitorial SuppliesCleaning SolutionsCourier ServicesDesign & Installation for the Customer Experience (Catering & Social Spaces) Estates and Facilities Management Services (maintenance and minor works, security: guarding & reception and cleaning) Facilities ServicesFacilities SuppliesFirefighting Equipment and Associated ServicesPPE, Clothing, Uniforms and First Aid SuppliesSecurity Staffing & Associated ServicesSigns & Wayfinding SolutionsWaste Management Services (Sustainable)
Furniture & Furnishing
ICT & Telecoms
Apple Equipment, Accessories and Associated ServicesData Centre Equipment & Infrastructure – Supply, Installation & Management (2024)Delivery AppDesktops and Notebooks (NDNA)Engagement (Business to business) CRMEngagement (Business to business) CRMeTendering Software PlatformFinance, HR/Payroll and Associated ServicesIT Related Accessories and Parts (ITRAP) 2024Mobile Phones - Ethically SourcedShared Datacentre, JiscShort Message Service (SMS) txt, JiscTelecommunications, Jisc
Library
Office Supplies & Equipment
Professional Services
STEMed & Laboratories
3D Printers, 3D Scanners and Associated EquipmentElectronic ComponentsIUPC Lab Gases Framework Agreement - 2021Laboratory Consumables & Chemicals IRLALasers and Associated Equipment, The Supply ofLife Sciences Equipment, Materials & Services LAB2010 NEMass Spectrometry and Chromatography Equipment Veterinary Supplies
Travel & Accommodation
Utilities
LUPC in the News
Our press coverage:
- Higher education frameworks put emphasis on slavery (Supply Management, 28 Oct 2016)
- Interview with LUPC Director Andy Davies (The Catalyst magazine, Summer 2016)
- Ensemble aims to make a noise in shared services arena (Supply Management, March 2016)
- Collaborate to monitor human rights in supply chains (Knowledge Quarter, February 2016)
- LUPC becomes first consortium to make Modern Slavery Act statement (Supply Management, December 2015)
- Getting the tone right - how to buy a concert organ (Supply Management, April 2015)
- How LUPC achieved a superior rating for procurement (Supply Management, January 2015)
- Eversheds and Muckle win places on LUPC's reduced panel (Legal Business, September 2014)
- Eversheds and Veale Wasbrough Vizards among firms on new LUPC framework (The Lawyer, September 2014)
- Efficiency savings help the Royal College of Music to attract the best students (Guardian Higher Education Network, July 2014)
- LUPC joins Electronics Watch (Spend Matters, April 2014)
- Introducing new EU procurement rules will take a year? (Supply Management, April 2014)
- Universities sector on track for £400 million savings (Supply Management, April 2014)
- 'Monumental mistake' for university sector buyers to forget sustainability during austerity (Supply Management, April 2014)
- Universities are facing a procurement dilemma (Supply Management, April 2014)
- Procurement as an instrument of social change (Guardian Higher Education Network, April 2014)
- Shared services: why is the higher education sector so late to the party? (Guardian Higher Education, July 2013)
- THE article: Better Fiscal Sense is Needed (April 2013)
- Government demands progress on collaborative university procurement | (Supply Management, January 2012)
- The challenge of insuring universities (Charities Management, February 2012)
- The Financial Case for Shared Services (Janet News, January 2012, p.21)
- Buyers told to stockpile ahead of the Olympics (Supply Management, January 2012)
- LUPC's Estates Maintenance Services agreement helps drive efficiency (Supply Management, January 2012)
- Professor Malcolm Gillies on the benefits of collaboration following VAT reform (Times Higher Education, January 2012)
