The EPS manage the following categories & sub-categories on behalf of the public sector under the centralised OGP Category Management model.
The Laboratory category caters for the following sub-domains: Large Equipment, Lab Consumables & Small Equipment, Lab Gases & Associated Services, Lab Services & Maintenance, Hazardous Waste and Chemicals & Reagents.
The EPS promotes collaborative and shared procurement between public sector bodies through identifying common procurement needs. This aggregated approach is conducted by:
Where the OGP sourcing teams are not in a position to onboard a procurement support request received from an education sector PSB for goods and services under one of its central categories, these requests are triaged to the EPS team who source a number of these projects on behalf of the education stakeholder
Recently, the Department of Education and Skills explored the potential of electronic payments systems to offer parents the option to pay fees to schools electronically. This approach gives parents other Payment options other than cash or cheque.
A collaborative procurement project was conducted by the EPS and successfully established a national programme, which facilitates all schools to offer parents the choice to make payments by electronic means.
