NEPO's Professional Services category provides members with a range of value for money, expertly procured solutions, including our award winning Agency Staff solution.
This framework offers customers a quick, simple and competitive route to procure advertising solutions.
The Solution offers a compliant and efficient route to manage all temporary agency resourcing requirements. This is a sole supplier solution managed by a neutral vendor managed service, GRI.
A regional solution for the supply of Children and Adults' Barristers Services.
The framework covers both election and electoral registration print requirements to North East members.
A framework for a wide range of insurance services, insurance brokerage services and support services relating to the insurance market.
A framework for the provision of external specialist legal advice
A contract for a hosted e-procurement solution
A framework for the provision of a vendor neutral managed service for specialist professional services
A framework for the provision of office supplies including, but not restricted to, computer consumables, desktop stationery and copier paper
This solution provides public sector organisations with an alternative method of managing their cash disbursements and budget monitoring.
A framework for the supply and delivery of a range of printing and specialist papers that are commonly used in public sector organisations.
The Strategic Analysis System provides an innovative and intuitive spend analysis solution for use by procurement professionals and service based colleagues.
NEPO has established a Dynamic Purchasing System for External Training Provision
A solution for a range of interpreting and translation services.
The solution covers the provision of a managed travel service for the purpose of booking all rail and air travel tickets, all hotel accommodation and other requirements related to business travel.
21st March 2019
NEPO has launched a new solution to help North East public sector bodies identify and appoint external training providers.
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13th February 2019
Join the NEPO team as Systems Integration Project (SIP) Specialist.
30th January 2019
Learn how to win professional services business with the public sector in the North East via NEPRO,
24th January 2019
Takes place Tuesday 5 February in Newcastle upon Tyne
14th November 2018
NEPRO, the neutral vendor solution for specialist professional services, has been included in DfE's list of recommended deals for schools.
17th October 2018
Learn how to win professional services business with the public sector in the North East
11th September 2018
NEPO has appointed GRI to deliver a vendor neutral managed service for temporary agency staff. The solution will be available for use by the wider public sector.
1st August 2018
The presentations from the market consultation event held 2 July for External Training Provision
11th July 2018
A new and improved website has been launched for NEPRO, the neutral vendor solution for specialist professional services.
29th May 2018
NEPO has issued an Invitation to Tender for a Vendor Neutral Managed Service for Temporary Agency Workers.
29th March 2018
NEPO has been shortlisted across four categories in the national GO Awards 2018
28th March 2018
Rob Levene, Executive Director at Bloom explains how local authorities are reaping the benefits of an alternative approach to buying professional services in a recent article with LocalGov
21st February 2018
Newcastle City Council is holding an engagement event for providers of training services on Thursday 8 March (9.00 to 11.00) in Newcastle.
30th January 2018
A case study about County Durham Housing Group's usage of NEPO's Office Supplies solution
25th January 2018
NEPO is delighted to have been shortlisted for a Public Finance Innovation Award for its work on NEPRO.
2nd January 2018
Sunderland City Council have reported annual savings of £200K through a long-term agreement using the Insurance Services solution
1st January 2018
NEPO’s innovative approach to procuring specialist professional services has been shortlisted for two prestigious awards; LGC Awards (Innovation category) and Public Finance Innovation Awards (Good Governance category)
2nd October 2017
NEPRO provides Associate Members with a compliant route to appoint specialist professional services.
19th September 2017
NEPO has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for the provision of library books. The deadline for responses is 12 noon Wednesday 18 October 2017.
12th April 2017
A series of insight events for public sector organisations interested in using the Insurance Services (RM3731) framework will take place in May, June and September.
29th March 2017
Steven Sinclair, Head of Procurement at NEPO, describes NEPO's approach to IR35 intermediaries legislation.
22nd March 2017
The organisation formerly known as NEPRO Ltd has revealed that the company will be rebranded to Bloom to support its vision of opening up procurement.
28th February 2017
NEPO is delighted to have been shortlisted in the Recruiter Awards 2017 for the 'Outstanding Outsourced Recruitment Organisation' category.
1st December 2016
20th September 2016
NEPO has awarded a new solution for Travel Management Services to Click Travel Ltd.
6th September 2016
NEPO has published a short guide to help public sector buyers fully understand NEPRO - our innovative solution for the procurement of professional services.
31st August 2016
On 28 September 2016, NEPRO Ltd is hosting a one-day conference for its clients (taking place at the British Library, London).
25th July 2016
This free event will provide public sector colleagues with guidance, knowledge and support on making decisions around insurance service procurement.
20th May 2016
The North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) in partnership with de Poel have just been added to the list of National Outsourcing Association (NOA) Professional Award winners, beating the likes of Capita and NHS SBS & Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust to scoop a prestigious accolade for excellence in public sector outsourcing.
A buyers guide to NEPRO, the Neutral Vendor solution for specialist professional services. DOWNLOAD >
This case study describes how County Durham Housing Group has made operational improvements, reduced time-consuming activities and lowered spend by 20%, thanks to their use of NEPO’s Office Supplies solution. DOWNLOAD >