The Australian Universities Procurement Network (AUPN) currently has 38-member institutions in Australia and New Zealand working together to improve excellence in procurement practice and in the skills of procurement professionals in the higher education sector. Our mission is to significantly improve strategic procurement practices in Australian and New Zealand universities through a collaborative approach, focusing on sharing expertise and business intelligence, promoting the benefits of aggregated purchasing, greater efficiency in process, professional procurement education opportunities and encouraging the development of regional and national aggregated procurement contracts.