Buyers Guide

cardiffOne of the benefits of HEPCW membership is access to a wide range of collaborative procurement arrangements. These include agreements set up by the HE Sector, pan-UK agreements and All Wales agreements. Links to these are provided below:

Please note that the links above may require login to access information for individual agreements. The HE Sector contracts database is only available to users within the sector, and external stakeholders are not able to create a log in. 

Useful Links

In June 2015, the new Wales Procurement Policy Statement was launched. This establishes key principles that will underpin public sector procurement in Wales. Further information regarding access to and use of the tools and models referenced within the policy statement can be found here.

The National Procurement Service (NPS) Wales  is responsible for managing expenditure categories that are common and repetitive across all public sector organisations in Wales.  NPS  news  , agreements awarded and the pipeline of work can be found on its website.