Unlock powerful procurement support with SUPC affiliate membership

Join over 100 schools, colleges, institutes, multi-academy trusts, and other HE and non-HE organisations across the UK that are already benefiting from SUPC affiliate membership. Whether you’re a charitable or non-charitable organisation, we help you maximise value for your students, staff, and wider community through smarter, more efficient procurement.

In 2023–24 alone, our affiliate members collectively spent over £20.6 million through our comprehensive portfolio of agreements—demonstrating the scale and impact of our trusted procurement solutions. Fill out our affiliate membership enquiry form below to find out more or join today!

Affiliate membership is more than just access to contracts—it’s a gateway to smarter, more strategic procurement.


As an affiliate member, you gain benefit from:

  • Unrivalled value and competitive pricing – our supplier frameworks are built on the power of aggregated demand, ensuring excellent value for money
  • Significant time savings – all suppliers are rigorously vetted through our tendering processes, so you can buy with confidence and ease
  • Over 130 professionally managed contracts – covering all the essential products and services your organisation needs
  • A wide choice of suppliers – from top-tier industry leaders to niche specialist SMEs, you’ll have access to a diverse and dynamic supplier base
  • A connected community – learn and grow alongside peers through access to knowledge networks, best practice sharing, and guidance from our expert team
  • Peace of mind with full compliance – all contracts meet strict regulatory and procurement standards
  • Stay informed – get the latest updates on frameworks, events, and sector news
  • Exclusive savings on Framespan subscriptions – boost your procurement capability with discounted access to this powerful tool.

Affiliate Membership enquiry form

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"The agreements have consistently delivered value for money, ease of compliance, tender specifications which reflect sector requirements, and a healthy ongoing relationship management schedule. The burden of taking on these different streams would be too much for my team."

Here’s some useful resources for you:

The pocket procurement series

The Pocket Procurement series provides an accessible introduction to frameworks, the procurement process and some of our most popular framework agreements. By providing you with easy-to-digest information about frameworks, we hope to help you save time and money, and deliver better value to your students, staff and wider community through procurement.

What is a framework? Part 1: The basics
What is a framework? Part 2: Finding the right framework
What is a framework? Part 3: Working with suppliers
Framework FAQs
Direct award and competition FAQs
Jargon Buster
Framework Fast Track: Furniture
Framework Fast Track: Business Travel and School Group Travel
Framework Fast Track: Software License Resellers Agreement
Framework Fast Track: Desktops and Notebook Computers
Framework Fast Track: Books, E-books, Standing Orders and Related Materials

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