Supplier Zone
Role of the Procurement team
The University of Nottingham is one of the UK's leading and most enterprising universities, committed to providing a truly inspiring and international education and producing world-leading research.
With non-pay expenditure in excess of £260m pa, the Procurement Team are responsible for providing effective, efficient and sustainable procurement of goods and services in order to ensure value for money and corporate responsibility University-wide. Most purchasing actions are conducted by Schools/Departments and the role of the Procurement Team is to support and partner Schools/Departments to facilitate good working purchasing practice. The aim of our Purchasing is to facilitate the acquisition of reasonably priced, high quality goods and services to end users while preserving organisational and financial accountability.
Supplier Categories
The University has over 25,000 supplies and each is categorised into a different group depending on the level of spend with them and whether there is an on-going requirement to use them.
Suppliers are categorised according to the following:
Partnership
A one to one relationship exists with a supplier. A corporate single source agreement will be in place.
Preferred
There are an agreed number of suppliers for the same product or service with a corporate agreement which has been EU tendered and managed by the Procurement Department.
Approved
Suppliers in this category have been assessed as satisfactory suppliers for School/Department requirements.
Confirmed
Confirmed suppliers are those which have been requested by Schools/Departments and accepted by the Procurement Department. The acceptance process will be:
Coates Road to remain pedestrianised
From Monday 6th September 2021 the barrier on Coates Road between BDI and Coates Building will be put into use. It will be closed between 08:30AM and 06:00PM Monday to Friday.
All vehicular access to the delivery bays adjacent to the Engineering Laboratories must enter from Science Road.
Working with the University of Nottingham
If you are interested in working with The University of Nottingham or to view tender opportunities and current contracts follow the link to our e-tendering and contract portal 'In-tend'. The system is used by the majority of Higher Education Sector Universities and suppliers are welcome to register their interest and check frequently for tender opportunities.
In-tend (e-tendering and contract portal)
Please also take note of the following University Policies, Guidance and information.
Anti-Bribery Policy
Brexit
Conditions of Contract
Conflict of Interests/Gifts and Hospitality
Fraud (Fake web-domains, advice against fraud)
Freedom of Information (FOI) Policy
HGV Access
Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA)
SciQuest (Supplier advice)
Tenders (In-tend, Supplier Guide)
For information on how the University's suppliers are paid please see the following link.
Supplier Payments
Important note
Suppliers should be aware that invoices must quote a University purchase order to ensure that payments are generated with the minimum of delay. The order number should be provided by a University representative at the time of requesting goods and/or services.
Please contact us via email for further information.
Members of staff can also view more information on the Procurement team's Suppliers workspace page.
Procurement - Suppliers Workspace (staff log-in required)