Due to our success in providing economic advantages and high service levels over the last 14 years in the Higher and Further Education sectors, we have also been developing relationships within the Secondary and Primary School arena with a focus on wireless classroom solutions and interactive board teaching aids.

One of the major strengths of Phoenix is providing best of breed products to the Education sector at exceptional special contract pricing which has been negotiated through our strong alliance with major manufacturers.  This ensures that the University, College and School user base are utilising world-class, up to date products and maximising devolved or centralised capital budgets.

The Phoenix commitment to the Education Sector is best demonstrated through our dedicated Education Team which comprises both internal and external account managers and technical support personnel with a minimum of 5 years experience within the company and who have worked in this sector for a minimum of 4 years and can thus provide a wealth of experience to assist with simple one-off purchases through to large roll-out projects.

To support this team and the large market Phoenix has developed, a specialist e-procurement solution in conjunction with Universities and Colleges of Further Education provides each establishment with its own special pricing and real time stock availability on approved products as well as management information to evaluate both on-contract and off-contract IT purchasing (for more information about e-trader or to request an e-trader account click here.)

A Single Provider for all your Educational Information Technology

Phoenix has developed strong relationships with a comprehensive range of IT vendors from focused specialist suppliers to world class leading manufacturers, all of which have acknowledged Phoenix through accreditation programs.  With over 86,000 product lines from 1,700 different suppliers, Phoenix can provide access to the widest portfolio of IT products in the UK from one single source through our e-trader solution or through our sales structure providing a managed desk to door 24 hour procurement channel.

Reducing the cost of technology procurement within the Education Sector

It is sometimes difficult to negotiate the best price for new technology when purchasing relatively low volumes. Due to the strategic contracts and key vendor status of Phoenix we ensure that through economies of scale we leverage highly competitive prices.  In addition to reducing the direct costs Phoenix also incorporates many free services to secure a long-term partnership with our customers, for example, hardware and software configuration and customer specific image creation.

Ensuring your technology purchases are fit for the purpose

Phoenix can provide you with a comprehensive knowledge pool and access to expert multi vendor skills and experience. This pre sales and technical support ensures that the products supplied are appropriate for the purpose and are capable of integrating into your current infrastructure.  To support this philosophy we have invested in providing our customers with customised configuration and system imaging services to optimise the technical performance of the product and assist in the smooth deployment of the equipment.

Supporting and creating controlled system procurement

Many IT and purchasing departments have to overcome the challenges of devolved budgets and thus standardising on specific technologies across an organisation can be difficult.  Phoenix works with the IT and purchasing departments to create a standard IT procurement portfolio for the whole organisation with due consideration for specific departmental requirements.  This process helps streamline all aspects of the supply and support chain within the organisation and can deliver cost savings due to elimination of ad hoc off-contract purchases and reduces support costs of the user -base.

Streamlining your Information Technology Purchasing

The state of the art e-procurement solution of Phoenix, e-trader, has been developed to revolutionise IT procurement by simplifying the process of acquiring new equipment.

E-trader incorporates special agreed customer specific pricing for each organisation together with real time stock availability on 86,000 IT products.  This solution is revolutionising IT procurement in many organisations and provides the ability to create on-line quotations or orders in seconds in conjunction with management information related to historical purchasing data that provides a clear real time vision of purchasing activity within an organisation.  Our leading solution provides for different user levels thus allowing all staff in an organisation to create a basket to forward onto an authorised purchaser to approve, amend or cancel the basket before ordering.  This process creates significant time-savings for the purchaser and eliminates telephone order request calls as the e-trader system will email updates to the internal customer and the purchaser confirming request or order status.

For more information about e-Trader contact etrader@phoenix-comp.co.uk