Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation

ESPO, the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, is a public sector-owned professional buying organisation established in 1981.

ESPO's head office is adjacent to the M1 motorway near Leicester

It operates from a purpose-built warehouse and head office based in Leicester, England, adjacent to the M1, with a distribution centre in South Wales,[1] and is owned and managed by six English local authorities: Leicestershire County Council, Lincolnshire County Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, Norfolk County Council, Warwickshire County Council, and Peterborough City Council.[2] It is a central purchasing body.[3]

"ESPO" is the trading name of a joint committee of these six local authorities established under the Local Government Act 1972 (section 101 (5) and section 102) and section 9EB of the Local Government Act 2000. Initially its purpose was to serve Leicestershire and Lincolnshire as a joint initiative.[4]

Notes and references
  1. ESPO, FAQs - Where is ESPO located?, accessed 31 January 2021
  2. ESPO, About us, accessed 31 January 2021
  3. As defined in Public Contracts Regulations 2015, regulation 37
  4. Leicestershire County Council and ESPO, Supplier Code of Conduct, published October 2018, accessed 31 January 2021
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