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Sep 21, 2020 COVID-19 On-site Testing Guidance Document UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC) has compiled a guidance document covering on-site COVID-19 testing. It covers a wide range of... Read more	Sep 17, 2020 Floor Coverings - New Framework Agreement Launched NEUPC has launched their newest framework agreement, Floor Coverings, which is available for use by LUPC members. This is the first time that the HE... Read more	Sep 09, 2020 LUPC awarded the CIPS Corporate Ethics Mark LUPC has been awarded the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) Corporate Ethics Mark. The accreditation demonstrates our on-... Read more
Aug 27, 2020 New member: The Alan Turing Institute We are delighted to welcome our first new member of the financial year, The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and... Read more	Aug 20, 2020 LUPC follows up on reports of human rights abuses in the PPE supply chain Following on from a Channel 4 investigation that revealed significant human rights abuses in the supply chain for the production of personal... Read more	Aug 19, 2020 Audio Visual: Supplies, System Design, Installation and Maintenance framework agreement awarded NEUPC has launched the new Audio Visual framework agreement, available to LUPC members. This new agreement, live from 7 August, was designed by... Read more
Aug 10, 2020 Back to work supplies - a UKUPC guidance document A guide has been developed collaboratively by the UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC) and serves to act as a reference point for anyone... Read more	Aug 06, 2020 Contract law training slides now available The HEPA and UKUPC Learning & Development Group recently provided free of charge contract law training to all of their members. The online... Read more	Jul 22, 2020 VWV Blog post – to exclude or not to exclude? VWV’s final blog post in a series of three, looks at excluding bidders on grounds of discretionary exclusion or for non-compliance. Stephanie... Read more
Jul 22, 2020 Linked Summer Edition now available The Summer edition of LUPC's Linked Magazine is now available to read. As well as our commodity updates, articles include: PPE... Read more	Jul 15, 2020 Key PPE information for members Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) are providing key information for members using the Personal Protective Equipment, Clothing and Uniform... Read more	Jul 13, 2020 Membership Survey for 2020 now underway Our annual membership survey was emailed to the main purchasing contact of our member institutions on Friday, 10th July. We strongly encourage you to... Read more