Sustainability & Procurement Services

Contracting for sustainability and social value outcomes

Our Approach

We adopt a unique approach to sustainable procurement.

By providing ‘on-site’ support, we effectively become an extension of your team. Whether you need us to be an extra pair of hands or run all your commercial and procurement activity on your behalf, our support is available on an ad-hoc basis or as a retained service. Rest assured all our procurement experts have many years’ experience working within education and the wider public sector.

This highly collaborative approach helps us gain a deep understanding of your procurement approach. We will work with you to improve your understanding of sustainable procurement best practice and implement changes to support you in achieving your sustainability, social value and procurement goals.

Our tailored service will help you navigate the challenges of the procurement process, in a way that guarantees efficiencies and ethical sourcing practices.

Benefits & Outcomes

Managing
partnerships

On-site flexible resource and support

Driving your commercial and sustainability strategy

The teams expertise extends to managing partnerships and contracts.

If there are any disputes and challenges for you, we can take the lead and work to resolve issues within the DPS’s supplier negotiation services.

Our managing partnerships service will offer you better visibility of supplier compliance. We will ensure they adhere to their contracted obligations so we can avoid any potential risks before they become a problem.

Often, within internal teams, there can be skills and knowledge gaps. With our flexible, on-site expert resource, our blended team can respond immediately to your procurement requirements and any problem solving.

It’s a more collaborative environment that brings more structure to your team and on average, our retained procurement service has delivered a £32:£1 return on investment (ROI).

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Helping you define a commercial and sustainability strategy to embed your objectives and delivering the strategy.

Access to frameworks and DPS enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement processes, speeding up the procurement and project implementation cycle.

By aligning organisations with sustainable practices with legislative requirements, leads to positive impact on the environment and in society.

Case Studies

Transforming School IT for Better Learning and Sustainability

Sustainable and cost-effective school uniform

Strategic PPM amidst budget constraints

Bridging gaps and driving Action in MATs through our Sustainable Schools assessment

Charlotte Rudd

Head of Procurement

For more information speak to Charlotte Rudd on 0800 917 7884
or e-mail SustainabilityServices@value-match.co.uk
Alternatively fill in the form below to request a call back.

The team have been a great help and support to us in getting a complex procurement specified, documented and out to market. Their knowledge and experience, in particular pointing out the pitfalls and market sensitivity in the area we were looking to procure from, was invaluable. We are very pleased with the outcome and achieved our objectives with the support of the team every step of the way. A great service and no hesitation in recommending ECS to anyone considering using them.

Fran DifrancoDirector of Operational Services

We are passionate about achieving social value for our organisation, ensuring young people we serve, and our employees are really getting the best and now our procurement supports this. It has been a fantastic year, thank you to Lindsay, Matt and Emily for their support.

Kim HallDirector of Estates and Sustainability

One of the appeals [of on-site retained support] was that there is a broader team and their experience, involvement and knowledge in this area has been really impressive. We felt like they were part of our team, making the process cohesive and remarkably straightforward. We already had a commercial offer from the incumbent catering provider but to be compliant in the public sector we had to go through the tender process. We had been with the previous company for seven years but there comes a point when you have to demonstrate fairness, transparency, to prove the contract is competitive - and that you are obtaining value for money.

Steve HaighDirector of Finance & Operations

Just a term into their relationship with Value Match, Multi Academy Trust, Pele Trust, are already seeing significant savings and impact Impressed with the support of our business partner, Daniel embedded himself into the team well. "His and Lindsay's [the Value Match team] output has made a real difference... they bring a level of expertise, and capacity, that we haven't previously had in the Trust. They are flexible and responsive and have already taken on additional work - reviewing contracts, renegotiated with new suppliers and helped us exit the old contract. We initially signed up for 6 months however already extended that to 12 as we can see that we will recover the investment over that period of time.

Claire LeightleyChief Operating Officer

The knowledge and expertise of Value Match has meant we have saved time and money with our procurement. We’ve found the right solution and been able to work on other major projects that otherwise wouldn’t have been doable. Thanks to Cassim, Kelly and Matt for all of their hard work and support.

Damien Johnson IT Manager