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Quick answer — Education Buying Group LtdLast refreshed 08 Aug 2022

At a glance

Education Buying Group Ltd has awarded £270.0m across 4 suppliers, with 8 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share20%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Education Buying Group Ltd is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 16 published notices and 12 awards on PublicSupply.

16
Notices published
12
Awards
4
Suppliers engaged
2022
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
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YoY change
£45.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Education Buying Group Ltd — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

3

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

goods8 · £103.5m
services1 · £50.0m
Unspecified7 · £45.0m

Instrument type

contract16 · £198.5m
Source:Find a Tender: 9Contracts Finder: 7

Awarded contracts · 8 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Education Buying Group Ltd is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Management Information Systems, Financial Management Systems and Budgeting Systems to the Education Sector—72212190£50.0mest.—active
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Management Information Systems, Financial Management Systems and Budgeting Systems to the Education Sector—72268000£0—active
Preliminary Market Consultation for the Provision of Management Information Systems and Financial Management Systems to the Education Sector—48810000——planned
School Supplies Framework AgreementBanner Group Limited30192700£45.0mest.—active
School Supplies Framework AgreementLyreco UK Limited30192700£45.0mest.—active
School Supplies Framework AgreementOT Group Limited30192700£45.0mest.—active
School Supplies Framework AgreementThomas Stoner Supplies Ltd30192700£45.0mest.—active
School Supplies Framework AgreementBanner Group Limited30192700£45.0mest.—active
Managed Print Solution and Digital Transformation Services National Framework—30121100£8.5mest.—active
School Supplies Framework Agreement—30192700£45.0m08 Aug 2022active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
BG
Banner Group Limited
2 contracts
£90.0mest.
33% of total
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2
LU
Lyreco UK Limited
1 contract
£45.0mest.
17% of total
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3
OG
OT Group Limited
1 contract
£45.0mest.
17% of total
—
4
TS
Thomas Stoner Supplies Ltd
1 contract · SME
£45.0mest.
17% of total
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Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
11 contracts
£328.5m
87%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£50.0m
13%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

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Office equipment, IT
IT services, software
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Education Buying Group Ltd has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

20%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Companies House
13534559
Contact
Nathan Swinney
Email
procurement@2buy2.com

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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