Ordering as a School, TAFE or Government Department

Schools, TAFEs, universities and government departments are approved for purchase orders automatically. There's no account to create, no application to fill in, and nothing to wait for. Put what you need in the cart, type your PO number at checkout, and the order ships.

What We Need From You

1. Order with your institutional email address. Anything ending in .edu.au, .gov.au, .ac.nz, .school.nz or .govt.nz qualifies on sight.
2. Ship to the institution's address: your school, campus or department.
3. Fill in the order details as you would for any other order.
4. Send us a copy of the purchase order. You don't need it to place the order, so don't go hunting for it now. We do need it before we invoice your school and send the order out, and it's a couple of clicks on the confirmation screen.

That's the lot. State and territory department domains count on the same basis (education.nsw.gov.au, schools.vic.edu.au, eq.edu.au, education.nt.gov.au and the rest), and so do Catholic and independent schools under .edu.au. New Zealand schools and government qualify too, on .ac.nz, .school.nz and .govt.nz. We deliver to Australia and New Zealand only.

We're Already an Approved Supplier

Little Bird is an approved supplier on school and government procurement systems around Australia. If your procurement team needs us added to yours, we've got everything they'll ask for ready to go: ABN, certificates of currency, bank details and a supplier onboarding pack. Grab it from our Business Details page, or email us and we'll fill in whatever form your system uses.

Ways to Order

Online, the quickest way

The website is the fastest way to get stock moving, and it's the one we'd point you at first. Nobody rekeys anything at our end, so nothing gets mistyped, and the order hits the warehouse the moment you submit it.

1. Add the products you need to your cart.
2. Go to checkout and enter your institutional email address.
3. Type your PO number into the Purchase Order Number field.
4. Choose Purchase Order as your payment method. It's sitting there waiting for you, with nothing to switch on first.
5. Submit, then attach a copy of the PO on the confirmation screen.

The confirmation screen then asks for two things: a copy of the PO, and who gets the tax invoice. If that's you, it's one click. Answer both and the order goes out on schedule, with the invoice landing wherever you said, your PO number on it.

If you're already holding the PO

Don't retype a parts list your finance system has already produced. Upload the purchase order itself at Upload your purchase order and we'll read the whole document: every line item, the PO number, the deliver-to and bill-to addresses. You get back a checkout that's already filled in. Check it over, pick a delivery option, submit.

Email or phone

If the website doesn't suit, email your purchase order to team@littlebirdelectronics.com.au or call us during business hours and we'll place the order for you. Both work fine, they're just slower, because someone here has to key the order in by hand.

Net 30 Payment Terms

Purchase orders are invoiced on 30 day terms, so payment lines up with your accounts payable cycle instead of the day someone happened to order. Nothing is charged at checkout. There's more detail in Net 30 Payment Terms.

Multiple Staff Members

Several staff from the same school can sit under one organisation with us. Teachers, lab technicians and department heads each place their own orders, while purchasing stays consolidated and visible to your business manager. Tell us who to link and we'll sort it.

Account Statements

Statements are in your account dashboard whenever you want them. If your finance team would rather have one emailed on a regular cycle, tell us where to send it.

Quotes and Class-Set Pricing

If your school needs a formal quote before a PO can be raised, you can make one yourself in seconds: add the items to your cart and click PDF under Download Quote for an itemised quote with live shipping priced to your postcode. See Self-Serve Quotes.

On class-set quantities, say thirty of one board or a lab's worth of one sensor, have a chat with us before you order. When the numbers are big enough for us to go back to the manufacturer and lean on the buy price, we'll pass that saving on. It depends on the part and the quantity, so ask and we'll tell you exactly what we can do.

Purchase Orders From Businesses

Commercial businesses can order on purchase order terms too, but unlike schools and government they're credit-assessed first. Apply at Set up a purchase-order account.