Procurement teams in the higher education establishments are facing multiple challenges. High inflation, tightening regulations, resource restrictions, recruitment issues and project delays, means that procurement leaders must find ways to leverage their function to source competitively priced goods, works and services whilst increasing quality for your students.
eXceeding offers invaluable support to higher education procurement teams, providing both expertise and additional capacity to bolster internal resources, particularly during times of knowledge gaps or resource constraints.
Around £4.55 billion was spent on tertiary education in the public sector in 2022/2023. This figure has gone down over the last few years, procurement teams in the sector are therefore challenged in finding ways to do more with less.
From new building projects to essential day-to-day professional services and works, projects can range from low value to multi-million-pound construction projects. Delivering this pipeline can be challenging to manage, especially when you are looking for the most efficient route to market that will offer the best long-term value for your staff and students.
As the Procurement Act regulations loom, our assistance becomes even more crucial, helping higher education organisations not only prepare for the changes but also identify opportunities and implement necessary adjustments.
By collaborating with eXceeding, clients benefit from unparalleled confidentiality standards. With triple ISO accreditation and Cyber Essentials certification, we ensure the utmost security and confidentiality of your data and information.
Furthermore, our best practice toolsets, a dedicated delivery team, and extensive category expertise in construction, facilities management and information technology provides peace of mind and a simplified procurement journey.
If you would like to speak to us about how we can support your procurement needs, please drop us an email or give us a call on 0330 088 1620.
At eXceeding, we’re here to help universities and colleges do things better: to save time, resources, create long term value, and deliver better results. Having worked with a number of higher education establishments and the wider public sector, we have seen the challenges and frustrations experienced by procurement and category professionals and helped to solve them.
Take, for example, our work with one University in the East of England, where we overcame internal challenges to define and procure a total FM contract which resulted in significantly reduced administrative burden and economies of scale driving cost savings with one single supplier.
Effective public sector procurement should not just tick a compliance box. Finding the right supplier needs the devotion of expertise, time and resource to ensure continuity of service or product supply and mitigate risks in your supply chain.
Running competitive tenders can be complex and resource heavy, but can also open up a huge amount of opportunity to drive down costs, extract value, innovate and diversity your supplier base. We can support you all the way.
Supplier relationship management is essential for extracting expected value from your supplier relationships. Our expert guidance takes you from a transactional approach to a more collaborative partnership from the outset.
Sometimes it’s easier to discuss your requirements directly. Contact one of our expert consultants now.
