We help educational institutions to buy products and services whilst making time and cost savings! Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) provide purchasing frameworks, dynamic purchasing systems (DPS) and procurement consultancy services for schools, academies, colleges, universities and other educational organisations. CPC frameworks/DPS Our purchasing agreements make procurement quicker, easier and safer as the lengthy tender process has already been done for you in compliance with the UK Public Contracts Regulations. You can get quotes from the fully-vetted suppliers by using our online quote tools and many of our frameworks are recommended by the Department for Education. CPC procurement consultancy If you need help running a tender or require a managed procurement service try our expert education sector procurement consultancy. Our dedicated team (previously known as Tenet Education Services) provide onsite and offsite procurement services. A charity which invests in the education sector Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC) is the trading name of Crescent Purchasing Limited and we are a not-for-profit organisation. CPC is here to support the education sector and our income is provided by CPC suppliers via a small percentage of the value of sales to Crescent Purchasing Consortium members. The income is used to sustain and expand our range of procurement frameworks whilst providing support to our education sector members. CPC is a registered charity and each year our Board of Trustees review the level of reserves our charity has and any surpluses are reinvested into the education sector. We have designated £1.56 million for a range of projects in the education sector through our 'Giving Back' initiative which provides funding for grants for student events and activities, CPD accredited procurement training and so much more.