North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium Ltd (NWUPC) is a not for profit purchasing consortium which establishes a wide range of compliant frameworks for our members in Higher Education and the wider public sector to buy goods and services. We support our members to purchase responsibly, cost effectively, and compliantly. We also provide added-value services to benefit the HE procurement community. Learn more about NWUPC, our people, our strategy and partnerships in this section.
This is a dedicated space for our member community.
If you wish to enquire about NWUPC membership, you’re in good company and you can find our current membership below. Just click ‘Become a Member’ to get started.
Existing members can ask questions to fellow members and seek insights on our discussion board, explore our category groups or access member-only publications, webinars, updates and more.
Our members have access to over 100 compliant frameworks delivered by us and our UKUPC partners, covering a wide range of goods and services category areas. Take a look at our existing frameworks and tenders in progress here.
Being an awarded supplier on an NWUPC framework means that you can benefit from support from us to promote your business to members and you can provide assurance to potential customers that you are part of a compliant route to market as well as providing them with commercial advantages. As part of our commitment to supplier relationship management we will provide access to resources that maximise your profile and help you to understand and make the most of supplying to the public sector. You can access tools such as the NETpositive Supplier Engagement Tool to help achieve and report on Sustainability initiatives as well as other useful guidance documents here.
Want to become a supplier to the Higher Education market? Check out how by clicking ‘Become a Supplier’
Find out our latest news, training and events here. For member-only resources such as past webinars, minutes, insights and publications, you will need to sign in to access these materials on the ‘Member’ section.
We support our members and awarded suppliers with meeting their sustainable goals through tools, insights and guidance materials. Find out about our commitments, sustainability strategy and ways we can support you here.
Join us on Wednesday, the 17th of June for #NWUPC26 – a day where the Higher Education procurement community comes together to share ideas, learn from each other, and connect in person with fellow professionals. It’s a chance to swap tips, hear from experts, and pick up strategies that really make a difference back at work.
Recent developments in the Middle East have created significant uncertainty and volatility in key commodity and energy pricing and continuity of supply.
NWUPC continue to engage with our supply chain partners, UKUPC Consortia and other relevant bodies to understand the potential impacts of the developments in the Midde East, which is at present very much a developing situation.
