The North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd (NEUPC) is a not-for profit professional buying organisation, owned by our members and working for our members. Established to deliver and manage a wide range of collaborative framework agreements designed to maximise third party expenditure. As a non-profit making operation our sole motivation is to maximise our member’s resources and that of the wider public sector.
Although we originally were set up to support procurement within the higher education sector, our membership has expanded to include colleges, schools, charities and other public sector organisations.
Affiliate and Associate Membership Information
Key Benefits of Membership:
Which Level of Membership?
If you are a UK Higher Education Institution, you may be able to become a full member of NEUPC, which means in addition to the benefits outlined above you will have full voting rights to help shape the direction of our work.
If you are a school, college, charitable institution, council, charity or other public sector organisation, there are two options available to you:
Associate Member: As an Associate Member you have full access to all of our agreements and will be appointed a dedicated Account Manager. Our account managers are our category managers and will be able to ensure members obtain value from their membership and will be able to advise on procurement related matters. On joining NEUPC we will carry out a review of spend and make recommendations where better value can be obtained.
Affiliate Member: This level of membership is aimed at public sector organisations only requiring access to a few agreements. As an Affiliate member you can choose up to access up to 3 agreements. You don’t need to name all three at the point of joining us, most affiliates join with one framework in mind and then access the others at a later date. Whilst NEUPC can provide framework advice and guidance, our account management service is for associate and full members of the consortium.
How do I join?
To enquire about becoming a member, or to request an application form, please contact our Marketing Team or call NEUPC on 0113 487 1750.