OBN Purchasing: Your Money Working Smarter
One of our major services to Members is our Purchasing Consortium. This is available at Full Membership and above and provides real value.
Read on to find out how it works and the savings your company could be making.
Real Member Savings
230+ Member companies together save more than £10 million combined every year!
- Average savings up to 45% against list price
- Big or small, office or laboratory – any type of business saves money
- Low cost of entry – all OBN Full Members eligible to take part
- A comprehensive and cost-effective group purchasing solution for UK life science companies
- Have a laboratory outside of the UK? Speak to our Partners ProcEurope, ProcEurope is a European Purchasing Consortium offering significant discounts on Lab suppliers. Contact [email protected] to find out more
- Maintain your own direct relationship & ordering process with suppliers
Company Size
Sole Trader/Micro (1-5)
Small (6-20)
Medium (21-50)
Large (51-100)
Spend Without Discount
£9.3k
£132k
£173k
£462k
Spend With Discount
£3.1k
£69k
£51k
£328k
Savings
£6.2k
£63k
£122k
£134k
% Saved
66%
48%
71%
29%