Office supplies

Mandatory Contracts take a variety of forms, including higher education framework agreements and pre-agreed contracts. They have a different purchasing route depending on the nature of the product and the University’s operations. The routes are:

• In-house: Goods/services that are provided by a LU department
• Internally co-ordinated: Goods/services provided by an external supplier but managed via a LU department
• Supplier direct: The procurer will liaise directly with the supplier
• Supplier direct (eCatalogue): The procurer will select the goods/services from our bespoke catalogue using Agresso

We internally co-ordinate the supply of paper to campus ensuring all new paper products are tested on our machines to ensure compliance prior to ordering. Through bulk purchasing we acheive significant savings on the price of the paper we use.

We take full ownership on all orders and deliveries so any issues that may arise can be dealt with swiftly and effectively. All orders are delivered free of charge on campus using our delivery vehicles on a next day service for most goods.

We undertake all document scanning in-house on our industry leading Canon scanners, developing digital, searchable catalogues that are handed over for checking by yourselves, before we confidentially dispose of all hard copy material. We have recently supported HR, Finance and the Wolfson School in clearing out all paper records for digital archives.