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3 April 2012
Purchasing at the UK’s seven research councils is to be streamlined with the creation of a new joint organisation.
The Research Councils’ Procurement Organisation (RCPO) will have six of the seven research councils as founding members, with the seventh as an associate member.
The councils began moves to greater co-operation early last year, when the seven councils formed a purchasing consortium. The RCPO’s creation was recommended in a report on procurement in April. Senior...