How We Buy

Approved suppliers cover a wide range of goods, services and works and have been nominated through a formal competitive process conducted either by Warwick’s Procurement Office or by another with which the University has an association e.g. Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium

Where appropriate, competitive tenders may be advertised on the University’s eTendering site InTend and/or the Government’s national tender advertising site Contracts Finder. The University may also on occasion advertise contracts in the Find-Tender if appropriate. Open advertisement is at the sole discretion of the University and is undertaken on a voluntary basis with no implied obligation to comply with the procurement legislation.

Advice to Suppliers

All purchasing related communications from the University of Warwick will originate from the warwick.ac.uk domain name only and should be accompanied by an official University Purchase Order. Any deliveries which are not to a University of Warwick campus location should be queried. If in doubt please contact our resource account before despatching any goods.

Suppliers are advised that the University operates a “no PO, no pay” policy. The University reserves the right to withhold payment of any invoice in the event that an official University of Warwick Purchase Order has not been issued in advance.

We have been made aware of fraudsters impersonating the University of Warwick and issuing fraudulent purchase orders to suppliers. We urge suppliers to remain vigilant

Contact Us

The Procurement Services reports into the Director of Financial Strategy Reporting

If you need any information from the Procurement Services staff please feel free to