We require members using UKUPC frameworks to please advise us once they have carried out a call-off. Many of our frameworks include a framework levy which is payable by suppliers to LUPC on framework expenditure by our members. Combined with the annual membership fees, this covers LUPC’s operating costs and enables investment in the delivery of our services. Please ensure you refer to the framework name and reference number in any call-offs made. Without this, you may not be getting the best pricing available under our frameworks and LUPC may not receive usage information from suppliers enabling us to collect the framework levy owing.

Please click on the Report Framework Use button and complete the webform for every contract resulting from a call-off from a UKUPC framework.

One of the main reasons for being a member of LUPC is access to over 100 frameworks, which offer a reduction in time and tendering costs for both buyers and suppliers. All LUPC and UKUPC frameworks are tendered by procurement experts. Any frameworks tendered prior to 28 February 2025 are compliant with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.)(EU Exit) Regulations 2020. Frameworks tendered post 28 February 2025 are compliant with the Procurement Regulations 2024. Should you require any assistance with using our frameworks, please contact the LUPC member of staff assigned to the particular framework in the document below.

The Hunter Buyers Portal is where we host all our framework documentation. You can either login directly to the Hunter Buyers Portal and search for the framework you are looking for, or you can look through the Categories in the Framework Finder section below to see which frameworks are available to you. For each framework, via our website you have the option to download a Quick Reference Guide which provides an overview of the main elements of the framework, or you can click through to Hunter to access all the documentation for the framework.

If you need to be set up with a login or are having problems with your login, please contact enquiries@lupc.ac.uk.

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LUPC staff are very happy to talk you through the use of frameworks, and the various ways to call-off from them. As this process varies from framework to framework, we recommend you read the framework Buyer's Guide, available on the Hunter Buyers Portal, or speak to the relevant LUPC Category Manager.

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Commodity Updates (Quarterly)

This document will give you the latest update on any new frameworks in place, or news on existing ones. Please note this is not the full list of available frameworks, just those where there is some news to report. For the full list and further information on available frameworks, please see the framework page of our website or visit the Hunter Buyers Portal.

Commodity Update - October 2025

Tenders in progress

LUPC works collaboratively through UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC), a formal partnership between APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, NWUPC, SUPC, TEC and TUCO to support collaborative procurement within Higher Education. Listed below are tenders in progress across UKUPC that are open to LUPC members. NB the 'expected date' is the start date of the framework. 

  • Online Streaming and Online Training Services 2 (expected start December 2025) Contact: Mike Kilner 07932 347182 

  • Estates Professional Services (expected start end February 2026) Contact: Justin McLoughlin 07568 227 623 

  • Security and Cleaning services (expected start December 2025) Contact: Julie Gooch 07546 050 410

  • Software License Resellers (expected end January 2026) Contact: Mike Kilner 07932 347182

  • Maintenance Services (expected start July 2026) Contact: Julie Gooch 07546 050 410

Tender Working Parties

LUPC invites members to join relevant Framework Tender Working Parties (TWPs).  A TWP shapes and supports the delivery of our frameworks, so individuals involved play a key role in ensuring the delivery of efficient and effective contracts which meets the needs of our membership.  They are usually a mixture of consortia staff, member organisation’s procurement professionals and technical or specialist representatives.

From personal development to advantages for the organisation and suppliers, this document, developed by UK Universities Procurement Consortia (UKUPC), sets out the benefits to you of participating in TWPs and explains our promise to professionally support and deliver effective working groups.