The primary role of Buying Solutions is to maximise the value for money obtained by Government departments and other public bodies through the procurement and supply of goods and services. Buying Solutions is a Trading Fund which is run on commercial lines, with responsibility for generating income to cover its costs and make a return to the Treasury.

As the only PBO with a legal remit to trade across the whole of UK public services, Buying Solutions is the smart choice for public sector procurement, enabling organisations to deliver improved value for money and efficiency. It facilitates the buying process in a vast and highly complex marketplace, providing access to over 500,000 products and services through more than 600 suppliers. The diverse customer base spans the biggest central government departments, NHS Trusts and local councils, through to the smallest schools.

acs is a sub contractor of Probrand and operates under the IT Goods and Service Framework Agreement terms and conditions when delivering products or services to government customers. Please refer to Paul Roman 08708 539135 paul.roman@probrand.co.uk or to Buying Solution to confirm acs Office Solutions status as a sub contractor of Probrand’s operating under the Buying Solutions terms and conditions.

Customer testimonial

"As with all non departmental public bodies, we are under constant pressure to achieve value for money while ensuring quality in the areas of service, product and delivery. By utilising Buying Solutions the benefit to the Arts Council is access to products and services all sourced through a rigorous, EU compliant procurement process ensuring best value both in terms of highly competitive pricing and a more efficient, quicker and cost effective procurement process.

In acs we have a partner, sourced via Buying Solutions, who we can trust to enable us to deliver on all our IT service targets whilst achieving all of our procurement objectives safe in the knowledge that we have been through a fully compliant process.  acs provide us with a high quality product and service also offering us various other added value services such as GPC payment, regular reporting and reviews and fast, secure delivery across the country.”

Sean Stevenson Procurement The Arts Council of England