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Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) is one of the UK's largest public sector professional buying organisations. We provide a comprehensive procurement service to enable customers to acquire a wide range of products and services at the best possible price in compliance with current UK and EU procurement rules and regulations.

ESPO is a Local Government Joint Committee owned by seven Local Authorities and operates on a not for profit cost recovery basis. We are also a member of the Pro5 collaborative procurement group for which we are the lead authority on a number of national procurement projects. With over 30 years experience within the public sector, ESPO is always on hand to help customers save time and money in the procurement of best value products and services.

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Latest News:

ESPO Launches New Website...

If you are reading this, then you are currently viewing the new and improved ESPO website which is jam-packed with new features.

Please feel free to take a look around and let us know what you think? - We'd love to hear from you.…

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Phonics Catalogue:

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Take advantage of 50% match-funding on DfE approved key stage 1 systematic synthetic phonics products and training. 

ESPO has been appointed (on behalf of Pro5) to procure the products and training services...

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ESPO APS:

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Academy Procurement Solutions is a dedicated online procurement resource for academies to get help from ESPO, share ideas and best practice, and keep up to date with all the latest developments in the rapidly changing Education sector.

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