The U.S. Communities-administered office supplies contract has been awarded by the County of Los Angeles to Independent Stationers, Inc.
Independent Stationers is a cooperative of 250 locally owned independent office supply dealers. The new office supplies contract, effective Sept. 1, 2010, replaces the contract formerly held by Office Depot. Office Depot chose not to bid on the new Los Angeles-U.S. Communities contract.
“NACo is excited about this new office supply contract under our U.S. Communities program,” said Larry Naake, NACo executive director. “We have always tried to offer nationally priced contracts that are delivered through locally based suppliers. This partnership with Independent Stationers and its extensive dealer organization provides us with a very aggressively priced contract as well as an opportunity to use local dealers in our communities.”
The new contract delivers innovative office supply solutions to public agencies nationwide. Independent Stationers was established in 1977 and is an industry-leading office supplies provider with advanced distribution capabilities located throughout the United States. Below are some of the benefits offered under the new contract with Independent Stationers:
- locally based service, sales and support via more than 250 local office supply dealers
- opportunities for participating public agencies to save money and support local business, create local jobs and enhance the local tax base
- opportunities to meet and exceed locally established goals for participation of minority- and women-owned businesses (MWBE)
- national distribution and delivery
- access to over 19,000 office supplies products
- online ordering, next-day delivery, no minimum order limits, e-payment options including p-card, EDI and ERP integration
- free delivery
- a fixed price contract to facilitate transparency and public agency pricing audits
- electronic ordering and volume purchase rebates, and
- access to a competitively solicited contract awarded by Los Angeles County, providing Independent Stationers’ best overall pricing and primary offering guarantee to protect the interests of all participating public agencies
To learn more about the products and solutions provided under the new U.S. Communities’ office supplies contract, please visit http://uscommunities.isgroup.org or call 1.877.872.8599.