NEPO has launched a £300m framework agreement to support the North East public sector in delivering retrofit and decarbonisation projects. 

The NEPO office will close at 16:30 on Friday 23rd December 2022 and re-open at 8:30 on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

NEPO has been awarded the North of Tyne Combined Authority’s Advanced Good Work Pledge.

NEPO and the twelve North East local authorities have launched Open, a new e-procurement platform that will transform how businesses find and bid for competitive opportunities.

Our procurement pipeline summarises activity from October 2022 to March 2023.

NEPO, ESPO and YPO have launched a collaborative partnership to meet the UK public sector’s financial service requirements.

NEPO has launched a new framework agreement for use by the UK public sector.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. A period of national mourning will mark our respect for this sad occasion.

NEPO and Bloom are celebrating ten years of providing the public sector with specialist professional services.

The Collaborative Procurement Performance Report 2021/22 is now available to download.

NEPO has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for a new solution for support services for the built environment.

NEPO has issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for a new solution covering the provision of events management and infrastructure services.

NEPO has scooped the award for Social Value at the GO Awards, an annual celebration of the very best in UK procurement. 

NEPO’s three-year strategy includes ambitious plans to ensure that the millions spent through public procurement creates value within the local economy, positively impacting our communities and the environment. 

It’s a new chapter for NEPO as we unveil our refreshed look and feel.

NEPO has contributed to an independent review to establish a new ‘Gold Standard’ in public sector construction frameworks.

The Cabinet Office is holding two online events to provide contracting authorities, suppliers and other interested parties with further information on plans for how public procurement will be transformed.

Latest update on the Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper  consultation process and outcomes

NEPO have supported Sunderland City Council in buying the North East region’s first electric Refuse Collection Vehicle (eRCV).

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the sudden passing of our friend and  colleague Lynn Atkinson. 

Sunderland City Council has used NEPO211 Civil Engineering & Infrastructure to appoint VolkerStevin to deliver a £31m smart bridge. 

NEPO has invited suppliers to participate in market consultation activity, to help shape a new procurement solution for the supply of library books, multi-media materials and digital content including eBooks, eAudio, eMagazines and eNewspapers.

Esh Construction has launched a programme of free employability and skills training to help North East jobseekers gain entry into the construction industry.

Oxygen Finance, sole supplier to NEPO521 Early Payment Service, have launched their first Almanac, a Third Party Spend review of 2019/2020

NEPO has appointed Oxygen Finance to deliver NEPO521 Early Payment Service.

Following a compliant procurement process, NEPO has appointed Click Travel to deliver its travel management solution.

NEPO has launched a nationally-available solution for UK public sector organisations to access translation and interpreting services.

NEPO has won the 2020 National GO Award for Supplier Relationship Management.

On 29 June 2020, the Prime Minister announced over £1 billion funding to support the first 50 projects of a transformative ten-year rebuilding programme, starting in 2020/21.

NEPO is delighted to have been shortlisted across four categories in the National GO Awards 2020

NEPO has launched a solution for the supply of rock salt to help public sector organisations meet their winter maintenance services responsibilities.

NEPO has launched a nationally available solution for public sector organisations to access early payment services.

NEPO has launched a solution for tyre replacement and repair services available for use by public sector organisations across the UK.

NEPO and The Procurement Partnership Ltd (TPPL) have extended their successful partnership for a further five years, until 2025.

The collaborative insurance solutions developed by NEPO, YPO and ESPO have won the Initiative of the Year Award at the National Insurance Awards 2020.

Delivered in partnership with TPPL, NEPO219 Building Materials is available for use by public sector organisations across the UK.

NEPO has commenced the procurement process for a new solution covering the supply of diesel, gasoil, kerosene, petrol and adblue.

NEPO have been crowned winners of the Project Award for Embedding Social Value in Procurement at the National Social Value Awards 2020.