Opportunity Overview
Education Buying Group works in partnership with Education Buying and Churchmarketplace (for Catholic education settings) – delivering EBG frameworks and DPSs to education and supporting framework delivery and sector engagement.
This collaborative model ensures:
Clear governance through a school-led PSBO
Expert delivery through experienced procurement organisations
A single, compliant route to market for education buyers
For further information regarding Education Buying Group please visit: https://educationbuyinggroup.org.uk/
Education Buying Group Ltd (EBG Ltd) is inviting responses from providers of Stationery and School Supplies to this Preliminary Market Engagement process in anticipation of a planned Tender process in summer 2026. The current proposed procurement strategy is to procure a single-provider framework delivering all Stationery and School Supplies to our education and wider public sector customers across England and Wales. The anticipated value of the future framework will be set at £45,000,000 over the full 4 year duration of the Framework.
EBG Ltd welcomes consultation with providers and suppliers of this category via a brief questionnaire to understand and test our proposed procurement strategy, inclusions and seek innovative proposals prior to finalising a tender specification and tender process.
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is a “pre-procurement” process that enables contracting authorities and/or procurement agents acting on behalf of contracting authorities that are subject to the Procurement Act 2023 to seek responses from the market in a transparent, fair and equitable manner prior to any formal tender process.
The preliminary market engagement is your opportunity to influence the potential shape and solution of a future procurement process. Through this process you can express views and confirm latest product/service developments which may meet the need of the contracting authority.
This process is not a procurement process,...
This collaborative model ensures:
Clear governance through a school-led PSBO
Expert delivery through experienced procurement organisations
A single, compliant route to market for education buyers
For further information regarding Education Buying Group please visit: https://educationbuyinggroup.org.uk/
Education Buying Group Ltd (EBG Ltd) is inviting responses from providers of Stationery and School Supplies to this Preliminary Market Engagement process in anticipation of a planned Tender process in summer 2026. The current proposed procurement strategy is to procure a single-provider framework delivering all Stationery and School Supplies to our education and wider public sector customers across England and Wales. The anticipated value of the future framework will be set at £45,000,000 over the full 4 year duration of the Framework.
EBG Ltd welcomes consultation with providers and suppliers of this category via a brief questionnaire to understand and test our proposed procurement strategy, inclusions and seek innovative proposals prior to finalising a tender specification and tender process.
Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is a “pre-procurement” process that enables contracting authorities and/or procurement agents acting on behalf of contracting authorities that are subject to the Procurement Act 2023 to seek responses from the market in a transparent, fair and equitable manner prior to any formal tender process.
The preliminary market engagement is your opportunity to influence the potential shape and solution of a future procurement process. Through this process you can express views and confirm latest product/service developments which may meet the need of the contracting authority.
This process is not a procurement process,...
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| Issuing agency | Education Buying Group |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Category | Schools and Universities |
| Published | May 05, 2026 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Closed | Closing date not published |
| Status | Closed — no longer accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: UK Government (Find a Tender).
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