Weston College - Provision of Promotional Merchandise

About the buyer

Weston College is a further education corporation, incorporated under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and it runs its own procurement function. The Group teaches nearly 30,000 learners across its Weston-super-Mare campuses. University Centre Weston delivers the group's higher education courses alongside its further education provision. Every subcontracting opportunity goes through open, competitive tendering with a due diligence review. Opportunities are published on the college's own website and on Contracts Finder. A dedicated procurement team handles supplier enquiries and requests directly. The Board of Governors includes a Finance Committee that oversees resourcing decisions.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of Weston College's contract awards have been in office and computing equipment, furniture and furnishings and architectural and engineering services.