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At YPO, our team of early years specialists are on hand to create the perfect learning environment for your little learners.
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Shop the cosy collection at YPO
We're excited to be working in partnership with Cosy, a renowned supplier of high quality and imaginative products. Shop the full collection!
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Discover prices frozen on 50 school essentials with prices guaranteed until Spring 2025.
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    Essential services to help keep your school running smoothly.

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    Everything you need for your school meals and catering requirements.

  • Students in class Furniture

    Helping you create inspiring spaces.

  • Students using a computer ICT

    Technology and communications to help you stay connected and current.

  • Person using a laptop Professional Services

    Supporting your people and professional services.

  • Bus Driver Transport

    Help get your students from A to B.

  • Technician fixing light fixture Utilities

    Review your energy contracts to help save money.

Contracts for schools
Contracts for Schools
Explore our range of frameworks and DPS agreements and make renewing your contracts easier.
Resources hub
Explore useful resources to help make procuring easier.
Information management in academies
Read more about information management within your school.
It's now even easier to choose your exercise books
Find your exercise books in no time with our new exercise book selector. Pick your size, ruling, colour, and number of pages, then simply add to basket!
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Always in stock essentials
Explore our large range of always available products and get what you need, when you need it.
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Making life easier for MATs across the country
Explore the benefits YPO can provide to Academies and Multi Academy Trusts across the country.
Find out more
Shop the YPO range and find what you need for less
Switch and save with our YPO range, with hundreds of products to choose from.
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Our latest news, blogs, partnerships plus top tips and videos tailored to Housing Solutions.
How procurement can support social housing
Explore our latest blog and find out how procurement can play a key role in social housing.
Procurement Reform: Everything you need to know
Find everything you need to know on the latest procurement reform updates here.
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Read more about hybrid working printing solutions.
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Simplify your food waste management
YPO's food waste management frameworks have been created to support local authorities on their journey of food waste separation to reduce landfill emissions. Find out more here.
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We know that securing energy contracts can be a complex and difficult process, but we are here to help you. Explore our Energy Hub to find help and guidance, latest updates and more.
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Art Supplies
Shop our extensive range of art supplies, ideal for a range of classroom crafting activities. Explore paint, collaging, crafting and more.
Top tips for creating a classroom display
Explore our top tips for creating an exciting and captivating classroom display.
Five easy to make nature crafts
From paintbrushes to mini dens, we have put together a selection of craft activities that make use of natural resources.
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AV & ICT
Explore our range of AV and ICT equipment, ideal for a range of settings including schools, offices and more.
Top tips on how to keep children safe online
Read here for our top tips on how to help keep children safe online.
Adapting your printing process to hybrid working
Printing needs of many organisations have changed, with printing capabilities now needed for a more digitised way of working.
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Support teaching and learning in the classroom with our range of curriculum resources and products.
Helping children understand fractions with Numicon
Find out how the Numicon approach develops key mathematical ideas and vocabulary.
Top tips for running secondary science practicals
Explore our top tips on how to run a practical in busy secondary schools.
Early Years
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We have a wide range of products and early years supplies, for everything you need for little learners to explore, learn and grow.
Ten easy-to-learn Makaton signs
Take a look at these easy-to-learn signs that can be used as a great introduction to Makaton for your little learners.
Learning language through role play
Here are five things that encourage role play and nurture a child's language development.
Winter essentials
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Explore winter maintenance essentials and discover a range of products to combat the winter weather, from salt and grit to thermal workwear.
The importance of washing your hands
Read on to find out the best practices when it comes to hand washing and hygiene habits.
The importance of food hygiene in the kitchen
Knowing how to handle, store and prepare food in a safe way is an important skill to have. Read here to find out more.
Furniture
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Explore our extensive range of nursery, school and office furniture, ideal for a variety of spaces and settings.
Top tips for ordering school furniture
We've got you covered! Here's our complete guide to ordering chairs and tables, made easy.
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We stock a range of furniture available for delivery within 3 days, for your urgent furniture needs!
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Paper
Explore our extensive range of paper supplies, available in a selection of different sizes and colours.
The benefits of switching to eco-friendly products
Read on to find out our top benefits of switching to eco-friendly products in the classroom and beyond.
Top tips for creating a classroom display
Explore our top tips for creating an exciting and captivating classroom display here.
SEN range
Supporting inclusive learning
Aid visual learning and promote focus skills with our range of SEN resources to support inclusive learning in the classroom.
How to create a sensory garden
If you're considering a sensory garden for your early years setting, we've broken it down into each of the senses here.
Embracing neurodiversity in education
Creating a vibrant and inclusive learning environment is key to unlocking the potential of every student.
Sports
Sports
Discover our wide range of sports equipment, ideal for a variety of sports activities.
Outdoor inclusion ideas for after school clubs
It can be challenging to think of new and different ideas for your after-school clubs and to get children outdoors.
Tips on delivering physically active learning
There is a move to incorporate physically active learning (PAL) in traditionally sedentary lessons.
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Stationery & Office
We stock an extensive range of stationery and office supplies, ideal for a range of settings, including early years, schools and offices.
How to make the most of your whiteboard markers
Explore our top tips for stretching the life of your markers.
Top 10 saving tips on classroom stationery
Explore our top tips to help you save money on your stationery purchases.
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Explore winter maintenance essentials and discover a range of products and frameworks to combat the winter weather, from salt and grit to thermal workwear.
A free service for SME and VCSE
Go4Growth helps SMEs and VCSEs to access and grow in public sector.
Top tips for running a further competition
Our 5 easy stages to running a further competition.
Take the stress out of housing procurement
Housing Solutions Home
Our latest news, blogs, partnerships plus top tips and videos tailored to Housing Solutions.
How procurement can support social housing
Explore our latest blog and find out how procurement can play a key role in social housing.
Procurement Reform: Everything you need to know
Find everything you need to know on the latest procurement reform updates here.
  • Construction worker Buildings and Construction

    Our expert team can help with building, construction, repairs and alterations. Browse our frameworks.

  • Meeting Corporate and Financial Services

    Help to increase efficiencies and provide better support to your people.

  • Energy frameworks YPO Energy

    Find ways to reduce your energy consumption with our energy team.

  • Cleaning equipment Facilities and Waste Management

    Providing safe and cost effective working environments.

  • Fleet of white vans Fleet

    Whether you're looking for fleet hire or purchase, speak to our specialist team.

  • food and catering worker cooking Food and Catering

    Ordering food and catering couldn't be simpler with our UK Food Deal.

  • food and catering worker cooking Furniture

    Create environments that are tailored to your unique needs.

  • fleet and highways worker Highways

    Providing specialist industry knowledge to help meet your needs.

  • Corporate meeting HR and People

    Our team are here to help with all of your recruitment and training.

  • Woman using technology Technology and Communication

    We can help you source cost-effective solutions with a range of frameworks.

YPO local authority
Local Authority Home
Our latest news, blogs, partnerships plus top tips and videos tailored to Local Authorities.
Furniture and design service
Planning advice, project management and CAD design.
Procurement Reform: What did we learn?
Discover what we learnt in our webinar series.
YPO emergency services
Emergency Services Home
Our latest news, blogs, partnerships and top tips and videos tailored to Emergency Services
Furniture design service
Planning advice, project management and CAD design.
Decontamination – Firefighter control measures
Reducing the risk and sourcing the control measures.

Public Sector Energy Procurement

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Our latest energy updates

YPO has a comprehensive range of energy supply contracts awarded through a competitive tender process, meaning you can come direct to us and be sure your new Electricity, Gas, Water, Biomass & Bill Validation services are fully compliant with all public sector procurement regulations.

We know that securing energy contracts can be a complex and difficult process, but we are here to help you. We offer a range of contract types and lengths that offer great value.

Explore our frameworks

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Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services - 1181
This framework provides a compliant route to market for the procurement of water, wastewater, and ancillary services...
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Gas - 986
A framework agreement for the supply of mains gas. The framework offers customers a choice of either Fully fixed,...
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Electricity and Ancillary Services - 1100
For the supply of electricity and ancillary services. A framework agreement for electricity: half hourly, non-half...
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Renewable Biomass and Related Services DPS - 1080
A dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for the bulk supply of renewable biomass products such as biomass wood pellets and...

Read the latest Q&A on our new gas framework

Find out more about our newly developed gas framework 1187 coming soon, and find out everything you need to know, including start date, available services, structure, and net zero information.

For more information, download the Q&A document below.

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NEW Gas Framework Tender and Contract – Notice

We’ve been working on the development of the ITT (invitation to tender), while market conditions settle. We’ve now completed our market strategy for the Gas Framework renewal and ITT for April 2025 and we want to provide you with an update on developments, markets and timings.

For more information, download the update document below.

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Case Study: West Yorkshire Police

"We worked closely with the YPO Energy Team to consider our options and through this process were able to achieve price certainty at competitive rates. During this process YPO enhanced and grew their team and client information flow. This reflected the client need as a relatively static market became unpredictable and inflationary. They have provided support to us individually as well as with other framework users. They brought in an energy market specialist in Steve Warren who has been able to provide both enhanced market insight and also a clear customer liaison."

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Case Study: Wiltshire Council

"From the start, YPO was receptive and responsive to the council’s requirements, including working with a shorter than ideal timeframe for running the further competition. YPO was able to understand the council’s requirement and offered advice on ways that it could approach the further competition so that the council was better able to get tender responses to meet its specific needs, within a very tight timescale. YPO responded quickly to all questions that the council raised and was able to successfully guide the council through the whole process."

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Explore our latest biomass blogs

 28 April 2023 The cycle of biomass energy
Net zero 2050 is fast approaching, and individual ambitions to reduce carbon emissions are under the spotlight.
21 April 2023 Our biomass suppliers fuelling a greener future
No matter what industry you are in, we are all facing unique individual challenges to become carbon neutral by 2050.
04 October 2021 Four top tips to store your biomass
During recent times, there has been a huge strain on public sector organisations to make the transition to renewable fuels. One of these has been the use of biomass – and in turn this has brought many challenges.

Energy for Schools

Find out more about our energy contracts for schools, and the benefits of using a public sector framework for the supply of gas and electricity in our latest booklet. Find information on budget needs, meter readings, changing gas prices, paying bills and more. Click below to download.

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Find more on our blog

 10 July 2024 Understanding standing charges
Energy is a complex world and to add further fuel to the fire we have ‘another’ element of our bill to confuse matters … Standing Charges! These charges are often overlooked yet is a pivotal component that make up your final bill. Understanding these charges is crucial for your organization when you are aiming to manage and reduce your energy expenses.
03 April 2024 Tips to reduce gas and electricity bills
We have some handy energy-saving tips to help you save money by doing the smallest things around your organization.
03 April 2024 Understanding non-commodity costs
When you receive your monthly gas and electricity bills, you may wonder what exactly contributes to the overall cost of the amount you pay.
03 April 2024 Choosing a fixed or variable energy tariff
Are fixed or variable energy tariffs better? Here we explain the differences between fixed rate and variable rate energy tariffs to help you choose.

Contact our team to help fuel your energy journey