Procurement training sessions for school staff
The Department for Education (DfE) and the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) have set up self-service introductory level public procurement training sessions for school staff with budget or buying responsibility.
Aimed at senior leadership teams, school business managers and governors, the bite size modules provide a cost effective route to improving school procurement skills by sharing knowledge of public procurement legislation and effective best practice.
Topics covered include analysing value, creating a specification, contract management and legislation.
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