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The get help buying for schools service is made up of various resources to help you buy goods and services efficiently and compliantly.

This is a free advice and guidance service for state schools. There is no cost to access it and could help to save you money on your existing contracts.

Advice and guidance

You can:

• request advice and guidance from our procurement specialists when you need it; they can advise and give guidance on running a compliant procurement using a DfE-approved framework
• read guidance on buying procedures and procurement law to learn about the steps of procurement and how to buy compliantly
• read guidance on buying goods and services, such as catering and furniture

Tools

Use our tools to help you at specific stages of your procurement.

You can:

• use the create a specification tool to write a catering or multifunctional devices specification
• use the find a framework tool to find quality-checked suppliers

Stay up to date

To learn more about the get help buying for schools service, you can:

• join @Buying for Schools on LinkedIn for regular updates about how were supporting schools to make the most of non-staff spend
• read our buying for schools blog to see what were working on now and what were doing next
• email schools.commercial@education.gov.uk if you have any further questions
• sign up for emails about the latest products and guidance to get great value from your schools resources
• get emails when we add or update pages on GOV.UK