About County Supplies

County Supplies is a major purchasing and supply organisation. We are a business unit of Hampshire County Council, in the Children's Services Department, and a member of the Central Buying Consortium.

On behalf of our customers, over £100 million worth of goods and services are purchased annually through Hampshire and national businesses. County Supplies aims to purchase as competitively as possible, maximising our purchasing power particularly through the Central Buying Consortium. This service is managed by our professional buying staff and translates into maximum value for money for our customers.

Our customers

In addition to schools, colleges, Adult Services homes, libraries, police and fire stations in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton, Isle of Wight and surrounding areas we supply district councils, independent schools and many non-profit making community groups and voluntary organisations.

Deliveries from our stock

At our warehouse in Winchester we stock over 3,000 commonly used items, all listed and illustrated in our County Supplies Catalogue of Goods and Services. Prices are normally fixed for a year at a time, helping customers to budget with confidence and to spread their orders evenly across the year. Weekly deliveries are made to all areas of Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton, with special facilities for the collection or free rapid next-day delivery of urgently required items.

Deliveries direct from our suppliers

An extensive range of goods and services – everything from fuels to food – is available on contracts negotiated by our buyers for supply to users directly from manufacturers and distributors. Full details of the range of compliant contracts offered are available on our online directory Contracting Direct.

Our standards promise

A prime objective is to provide customers with the right ranges of goods and the right quality standards to suit their needs, with careful attention to safety. New products are constantly being evaluated.

Data protection

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