Higher Education E-Procurement (HEeP) - is an e-procurement marketplace solution for the UK Higher Education sector and its suppliers. The initiative, partially funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), is a collaborative development involving a number of universities and drawing on support from regional purchasing consortia and the Joint Procurement Policy and Strategy Group (JPPSG).

The Canny Buyer - The initiative is funded by a Scottish Executive Sustainable Action grant and run under auspices of Aberdeen City Council. The initiative will take forward sustainable procurement in Scotland in both the private and the public sector and involves a seminar to be held in Aberdeen on 5 February 2004 and a handbook.

Greensupply - The Environmental Supply Chain Forum was established to respond to the demand for advice and guidance on aspects of environmental and sustainable purchasing and supply chain management.

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply - is an international organisation, based in the UK, serving the purchasing and supply profession. Dedicated to promoting best practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community.

OGCbuying.solutions is an Executive Agency of the Office of Government Commerce in the Treasury. Our role is to deliver value for money gains for central civil government and the wider public sector through our dedicated, professional procurement service.

Sustainable Development in Government Part F Procurement lists UK Government policies, guidance documents and product specific information.

Procureweb is a procurement support service, for the UK Higher Education Sector and Research Councils. Based at the University of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff and funded by the HE funding councils, Procureweb provides, tools, information and support to anyone who participates in the procurement process.

Procureweb also facilities regional consortia, as below:

HEPCW , Higher Education Purchasing Consortium, Wales

JCACP , Joint Consultative and Advisory Committee on Purchasing (Scotland and Northern Ireland)

LUPC , London Universities Purchasing Consortium

MUPC , The Midlands Universities Purchasing Consortium

NEUPG, North Eastern Universities Purchasing Group

NWUPC , North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium

SUPC , The Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium

PROC-HE - The Procurement Strategy Implementation Group (replaced the JPPSG) is charged with developing and implementing the new Procurement Strategy for Higher Education covering the three-year period to the end of July 2006.

It lists several links to toolkits, guidance notes or standard invitation to tender documents. More information here Guidance/Toolkits .

The Association of University Purchasing Officers (AUPO) aims:

• To raise the status and profile of the profession by promoting and implementing best purchasing practice;
• To facilitate the networking of purchasing expertise amongst the membership nationally;
• To provide a regional and national forum to discuss strategic purchasing issues;
• To become the recognised voice for the profession within the sector;
• To support best practice initiative such as those emanating from:
• CVCP Planning Teams, Workshops and Working Parties;
• Regional and National Purchasing Consortia.

Green Seal is an independent, non-profit organization that strives to achieve a healthier and cleaner environment by identifying and promoting products and services that cause less toxic pollution and waste, conserve resources and habitats, and minimize global warming and ozone depletion. Green Seal has no financial interest in the products that it certifies or recommends nor in any manufacturer or company.

International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association active network of academics and practitioners dedicated to the development of understanding on matters concerning the future of Purchasing and Supply Management.

Supply Management part of the CIPS , offering selected content from the print magazine, breaking news stories, plus a range of online-only features, including:

HEPS Purchasing for Sustainability a Guide produced under the HEPS programme focusing on helping institutions to understand what sustainable purchasing is and how it could be implemented in their own institutions.

Whole life costing ( WLC tool ) t akes account of the total cost of the equipment or service from determination of the general need for it right through to its eventual disposal, termination or replacement. It includes the cost of acquisition and of maintaining and operating the equipment or receiving the service, as well as the purchase (rental or lease) price and the price of consumables. In many cases the initial purchase price is well under half of the whole life cost.