industry public sector procurement founded 1974 headquarters wakefield yorkshire united kingdom revenue uk 660m 1 slogan better value delivered . website http www.ypo.co.uk yorkshire purchasing organisation ypo is a publicly owned procurement organisation based in wakefield yorkshire . 2 it is owned and governed by a consortium of county metropolitan and borough councils in yorkshire and the north west england . 3 4 it provides a wide range of resources and services to schools councils charities emergency services and other public sector organisations . it claims to be the largest formally constituted public sector buying organisation in the uk . 1 5 ypo was formed as the yorkshire purchasing organisation in 1974 as a joint committee of local authorities 6 and grew through the 1970s and 80s as schools gained power of their own budgets under the local management of schools provisions of the education reform act 1988 . 7 the organisation is unsubsidised and budgets to make a small surplus each year with profits returned to member authorities and customers . references edit a b about us ypo at a glance . retrieved 31 march 2012 . ypo brings its bulk buying power to the private sector . yorkshire post . 22 september 2014 . retrieved 17 january 2016 . about us structure . retrieved 31 march 2012 . yorkshire purchasing organisation pdf . www2.wigantoday.net . retrieved 17 january 2016 . ypo celebrates four decades of supplying the public sector . wakefield express . 18 may 2014 . retrieved 17 january 2016 . formation of a yorkshire purchasing organisation pdf . democracy.york.gov . 1 april 2014 . retrieved 17 january 2016 . about us ; history . retrieved 31 march 2012 . this article about a service company in the united kingdom is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title yorkshire purchasing organisation & oldid 707597119 categories organisations based in wakefieldorganizations established in 1974purchasing consortiaconsortia in the united kingdom1974 establishments in the united kingdomunited kingdom service company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 february 2016 at 19 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view