Mobile telephones

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LUPC intends to enter a contract for the procurement of mobile phones that have been produced with the aim of minimising their social and environmental impact by using conflict free minerals including Fairtrade certified gold, in conditions that protect the employment rights of workers throughout the supply chain and by producing a design that is repairable thereby extending the phone’s useful life. This is a unique offering at the time of this notice. This notice is to allow purchase on behalf of our members and the other consortia listed at Annex A, plus staff and students It should be noted that as the staff and students are not covered by the Regulations, their potential spend is not included below. The contract will be reviewed every year of the 4-year agreement, prior to renewal, to allow LUPC to react to any new entrant coming to market with an equivalent product. The designated economic operator holds exclusive rights to sell to business customers in the UK. LUPC intends to enter a contract for the procurement of mobile phones that have been produced with the aim of minimising their social and environmental impact by using conflict free minerals including Fairtrade certified gold, in conditions that protect the employment rights of workers throughout the supply chain and by producing a design that is repairable thereby extending the phone’s useful life. This is a unique offering at the time of this notice. This notice is to allow purchase on behalf of our members and the other consortia listed at Annex A, plus staff and students It should be noted that as the staff and students are not covered by the Regulations, their potential spend is not included below. The contract will be reviewed every year of the 4-year agreement, prior to renewal, to allow LUPC to react to any new entrant coming to market with an equivalent product. The designated economic operator holds exclusive rights to sell to business customers in the UK. This requirement automatically covers Full or Associate Members within the higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows: London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) http://www.lupc.ac.uk/list-of-members.html Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members North East Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC) http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members North West Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC) http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC) http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ Members of the consortia either already are or may be drawn from the higher education sector, further education sector, the Research Council and other public and third sector bodies principally but not exclusively from the education, arts, sciences and cultural sectors.