Win/Win situation for Notre Dame – Additional Savings

It has been almost three years since the announcement that the University had signed a preferred supplier contract with Office Depot. While the idea of a campus-wide contract for office supplies was a change in the way we had done business, it has been well received by campus users. The consolidation of office supplies to one vendor has resulted in significant cost savings for the entire University.

As we entered the end of our third year, a committee of representatives from different campus departments recommended that the University award a two-year extension to its original contract. Based on our 2004 annual spend with Office Depot, we were able to negotiate an increased discount which will result in an additional $85,000 savings per year for the University. The terms of the contract extension include the following:

• A new core list expanded from 108 items to 228 items. This heavily discounted list is comprised of Notre Dame’s most frequently purchased items. The Core List can be viewed in buyND from the Office Depot punchout catalog. Go to My Shopping Lists/CORE LIST – Company Wide.
• An increase from 10% to 17% discount off the commercial catalog price for non-core list items;
• The addition of 4 paper SKUs to our discounted paper schedule.