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About
- - - About us
      
      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.
  - - Who Are We
      
      Strategy & Governance
      
      NWUPC ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24
      
      Work With Us
Members
- - - Members
      
      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
      
      Community Category Groups
      
      Community Discussion Board
      
      Commercial Procurement Services
      
      News
      
      Upcoming Events and Webinars
      
      Become A Member
Frameworks
- - - Procurement
      
      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.
  - - Frameworks List
      
      How To Use
      
      How to access the Hunter CSM Portal
Suppliers
- - - Suppliers
      
      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’
  - - Become a Supplier
      
      Supplier Exhibition – NWUPC Annual Conference 2026
      
      Procurement Act 2023
      
      Tools & Resources
      
      Marketing Opportunities
Knowledge Hub
- - - Knowledge Hub
      
      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.
  - - News
      
      Knowledge Hub
      
      Procurement Act 2023 for NWUPC Members
      
      Publications
Responsible Procurement
- - - Responsible Procurement
      
      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.
  - - Getting Started
      
      Resources & Tools