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Food for Thought: the Latest Trends in University Catering AUTUMN 2019 The magazine for LUPC Members and Suppliers Food for Thought: The latest trends in university catering COUP: FURNITURE RENEWABLE Highlights of DESIGN: ENERGY: the Conference The impact of Members on University the working collaborate on Purchasing 2019 environment major £50m on productivity green energy deal CONTENTS FOLLOW @LUPCONSORTIUM Welcome 3 News 4-5 Commodity updates 6-8 Responsible Procurement Progress • Responsible Procurement News 9-10 • Ask and you shall receive: Social Value Deliverables 10-11 • Green Energy: Universities respond to net zero carbon challenge 12 LUPC : 020 7307 2760 Increasing productivity within learning environments 13 : [email protected] Food for Thought: the latest trends in university catering 14-15 LUPC, Shropshire House, COUP 2019 highlights and a forward look to COUP 2021 16-17 179 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7NZ Let’s Talk… to Royal Holloway’s Daniel Barry 18 Focus On: Membership Survey 2019 19 www.lupc.ac.uk MEET THE TEAM Don Bowman Director Suzanne Picken Head of Membership & Marketing Tel: 020 7307 2769 Tel: 020 7307 2776 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] General consortium direction and management Membership; marketing agreements and services; of Ensemble Purchasing. training; Conference and events; LUPC website; publications. Emma Keenan Deputy Director Joyce Kadri Category Manager Tel: 020 7307 2767 Tel: 020 7307 2763 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Office supplies; travel; Portable appliance testing; Management of contracting team and tendering. signs and signage; taxis; travel; promotional products; Interim cover for the Estates and FM category including removals and relocations; professional services estates maintenance and minor works, cleaning, including ceremonial gown and photography; cash and security, waste management, outsourced catering, valuables in transit; audit services; childcare vouchers; catering consultancy. recruitment advertising. Darran Whatley Senior Category Manager Michael Flagg Systems Manager & Data Analyst Tel: 020 7307 2764 Tel: 020 7307 2770 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Responsible procurement and e-sourcing Lead, System management and development; collection, STEMed and laboratory, specialist paper, furniture & analysis and reporting of Member and supplier data. soft furnishings, utilities, vehicle hire, photographic equipment, laboratory gases. Mike Kilner Senior Category Manager Caroline Ford Office Manager Tel: 020 7307 2768 Tel: 020 7307 2762 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telecommunications, IT hardware and software, Accounts, general enquiries and administration. insurance, electronics, white goods, audio visual and broadcasting. Roy Dennis Senior Contracts Manager Marisol Bernal Responsible Procurement Officer Tel: 020 7307 2772 Tel: 020 7307 2765 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Library; professional services (including legal, debt Developing responsible procurement competencies collection, occupational health, temp staff and global through study and hands on experience, undertaking mobility); post. tasks and projects. LINKED is printed on 100% Recycled Offset paper 2 London Universities Purchasing Consortium Autumn 2019 lupc.ac.uk WELCOME Welcome to the Autumn edition of Linked The main article in this edition of Linked Since the last edition of Linked we have welcomed one new focuses on the changing trends in member; the British Academy who are the UK’s national body university catering and there are other for the humanities and social sciences. articles on social value, the new TEC green energy contract, a focus on how furniture Thank you all for completing our member survey recently, the can help the learning environment and a feedback you provide allows us to ensure we continue to meet look back at COUP 2019 in Leicester. (and aim to exceed) our members’ expectations. Please see page Don Bowman 19 for the headline results. The team have been busy following up It was great to see so many of our on all of the feedback received to ensure that YOUR consortium LUPC Director members at COUP 2019 in September, continues to deliver for YOU, the members. I hope you found it as useful as we did. The planning process for COUP 2021, which LUPC will be hosting, Finally, through another recent survey, we identified that there is has already started. We will keep you informed of the progress sufficient demand for LUPC to work with CIPS training providers on this over the next two years and are excited about how we will to deliver a cost effective route to qualification for members’ deliver this prestigious event. staff. We are currently discussing with potential suppliers how they might deliver a programme in central London for those I am very pleased to welcome two new members of staff to LUPC; considering either the professional or the apprenticeship route Roy Dennis joined us in August as our senior category manager to the qualification. The programme is planned to start in January for professional services. Julie Gough, who will join us in 2020 and will cover level 4 of the CIPS curriculum. November, will become our estates category lead replacing Cristian Martin. Cristian left us to join the London School of Don Bowman Economics (LSE) as their head of procurement, congratulations October 2019 on your appointment Cristian. Expert Legal Advice Top ranked for all of your One Stop Shop requirements on the National Legal Services Framework, VWV has a reputation in expertly delivering legal excellence on all matters relating to education and charities. For a free no obligation discussion of your legal issues, please contact: Bettina Rigg Jane Byford [email protected] [email protected] 020 7665 0960 0121 227 3712 Offices in London, Watford, Bristol and Birmingham Follow us on Twitter @VWVLawFirm or @VWVHigherEd vwv.co.uk lupc.ac.uk London Universities Purchasing Consortium Autumn 2019 3 NEWS FOLLOW @LUPCONSORTIUM LUPC Team Update CIPS training for members Roy Dennis joined the LUPC in August as a A number of our members responded positively to our survey in senior category manager for the professional the summer with regards to LUPC obtaining a group discounted rate for CIPS training. As a result, we are in the process of services area. Roy has 21 years’ private engaging a supplier to provide CIPS training for our members at sector experience in IT supply chain roles. both the professional and apprenticeship levels. His responsibilities include managing the following areas: We have approached a number of CIPS Centre of Excellence providers and will appoint one supplier to initially deliver CIPS • Legal Services Level 4 Diploma in Procurement & Supply. We anticipate the • Temporary and Permanent Recruitment Services course will start early in the new year and it will take place in a • Debt Collection Services central London location. This will be followed at a later stage by • Library Services apprenticeship, advanced and professional diploma levels. LUPC is in the process of recruiting for a part-time senior We will keep you updated as this progresses but it is also our communications officer to enhance its communications. intention to support members with certain elements such as exam It is hoped the new person will be in place in November. or book costs. For more information please contact Don Bowman [email protected] New Chair Welcome to new member In September, LUPC appointed Neil Greenwood, Director of Finance & In August, LUPC welcomed its newest member, The British Corporate Services at the Natural History Academy, the UK’s national body for the humanities and social Museum, as its Chairman. Neil has been a sciences – the study of peoples, culture and societies, past, member of the Board of LUPC for several present and future. years and brings valuable experience to his They have three principal roles: as an independent fellowship new role of Chair. of world-leading scholars and researchers; a funding body that A very big thank you to Andrew Young, COO at London School of supports new research, nationally and internationally; and a Economics & Political Science for steering LUPC through the last forum for debate and engagement – a voice that champions the few years. humanities and social sciences. New eProcurement Systems framework CONFERENCE ON UNIVERSITY PURCHASING LUPC presents LUPC’s new eProcurement Systems framework went live in September, and is available to members of the LUPC and the other university purchasing consortia. It is a single supplier, single lot arrangement, the sole supplier being EU Supply PLC. Using “COUP 2021” the direct award mechanism, users can create their own bespoke systems from a choice of modules including: 7-9 September 2021 • eTendering, eEvaluation, Dynamic Purchasing Systems (DPS), eAuction SAVE THE DATE! • eContract Management • Complete Solution For more information please contact Darran Whatley See pages 16-17 for a re-cap of COUP 2019 [email protected] 4 London Universities Purchasing Consortium Autumn 2019 lupc.ac.uk NEWS CIPS training for members NEW AGREEMENTS • Cleaning & Janitorial • eProcurement Systems • Fixed Wire Testing • High Value Laboratory Equipment • Financial Services • Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals- IRLA • Networking Equipment (Jisc) • Office, Computer and Library Supplies • Portable Appliance Testing • Taxi Services including Hybrid and Executive Cars • Travel Management Services Re-tendered Office Supplies For more information on all and Travel
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