ESPO Smart Procurement Workshop 2025 - Sheffield

Our Smart Procurement Workshops are back!

ESPO are excited to announce that we’re bringing back our popular procurement sessions! We will be hosting a series of FREE half day Smart Procurement Workshops in the autumn term to help kick start the new academic year.

With over 40 years’ experience supplying goods and services to education establishments across the country, our expert team will be on hand to offer support and guidance throughout the session, along with members from the Department for Education (DfE).

We'll be in Sheffield on Tuesaday 21 October from 9:00 with our workshop running 9:30 - 13:30.

Who should attend? These workshops are ideal for School Business Managers or anyone within a school or academy with procurement responsibilities.

What you will learn:

• Gain a good understanding of procurement responsibilities for your school or trust
• Learn about The Procurement Act 2023 and how it affects your procurement activity
• Gain confidence in your ability to procure compliantly

You’ll take away the following tools and support to make procurement so much easier:

• DfE approved PBO frameworks
• Procurement support for your trust or school
• Your takeaway procurement toolkit

Plus, if you have any particular procurement related projects or questions, you can have a chat with a member of the ESPO team straight after the workshop.

Please be aware that spaces are limited and booking is required to attend this event. Only one space per organisation is permitted to ensure we can accommodate as many schools as possible.

If you have any questions about these workshops, please contact [email protected].

We can't wait to see you there!

Host or Publisher ESPO