How to win: Preliminary Market Engagement for a Proposed Procurement of Utilities for Education Buying Group Ltd

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Education Buying Group is a school-led, not-for-profit Public Sector Buying Organisation created to transform procurement for the education sector. Public procurement is complex. Schools and trusts must balance compliance, value for money, risk management and social responsibility – all while focusing on pupils and outcomes. Its governance is led by Multi-Academy Trusts, ensuring procurement decisions are shaped by the real needs of the education sector. For further information regarding Education Buying Group please visit: https://educationbuyinggroup.org.uk/ Education Buying Group Ltd (EBG Ltd) is inviting responses from providers of Energy/Utilities to this Preliminary Market Engagement process in anticipation of a planned Tender process in summer 2026. As Education Buying Group Ltd is a public sector buying organisation collaboration including Churchmarketplace the natural solution is to explore options for an ‘EBG’ Utilities Solution specifically for the Education Sector but with potential for access by the wider public sector. At present, our proposed procurement strategy is for the procurement of gas, electricity and water to be included within the new utilities solution. T

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Education Buying Group Ltd scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
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