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SPU School Procurement Unit
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The Schools Procurement Unit (SPU) is the central support resource for providing guidance to all primary and post-primary schools in Ireland (except Education and Training Board schools) on any procurement-related issue. The SPU delivers free advice and practical support to schools to help them achieve improvements in their procurement processes, practices and outcomes.The SPU give schools access to professionally-qualified staff who are highly experienced in public procurement, as well as also providing guidance on procurement best practice. In addition to this, they issue regular newsletters containing the latest procurement information relevant to schools. The SPU also assists schools in accessing contracts for goods and services which have been negotiated
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Guidance for Irish Schools on Good Procurement Processes
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Guidance for Irish Schools on Good Procurement Processes
3-4 hrs 2,511 learners
By SPU School Procurement Unit You Will Learn How To
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Analyse a school’s accounting system and see whether it is fit for purpose
- Explain the role of the Office of Government Procurement and identify where their framework does and does not exist
- Recall the procedures for low value and high value tendering
- Outline the importance of the value for money (VfM) model
- Evaluate the need for contract management when dealing with suppliers
- Discuss a typical requisition to pay process
- List the steps involved in the evaluation process
- State what a ‘category’ is in relation to the procurement process and how to break them down appropriately
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Guidance for Irish Schools on Good Procurement Processes
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