Educational eProcurement on the rise

Released 17/08/2010

Growing trend sees schools reach for IT eProcurement

Probrand a Birmingham supplier of computer products has identified a trend in the increased interest around the procurement of IT through eprocurement.

The company believes that this is due to the current pressure to get more from existing budgets.

Richard Hunter-Rice, sales manager said: "Education establishments are under the same if not greater economic pressures as the private sector. This is prompting buyers, who are often asked to multi-role in a tighter spending environment, to look at innovative ways of getting best priced IT products in the shortest possible time.

The online IT buyer's tool generates three or more prices per product and the company has signed up establishments including Brighton University, Northumbria University and Gateways High School, Leeds.

Hunter-Rice continues: "eprocurement is helping schools and Local Education Authorities on average save 15% of their IT budgets and a working week in time usually spent calling suppliers to barter on price. That is 15% that can be used to get better, faster, more sustainable IT for the classroom and back office."

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