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OfficeMax

General Stores is excited to present its new office supply contract with OfficeMax. Our new contract is the Iowa Biotechnical Association’s contract, which is also used by the State of Iowa and Iowa State University. OfficeMax takes pride in its customer service and innovation in the office products marketplace. It boasts more than $8 billion in sales, more than 40,000 associates, and nearly 1,000 superstores with 25,000 products. Its product line includes office supplies, paper, technology products and services, and furniture. Our new General Stores/OfficeMax contract offers a custom catalog and reduced pricing on most items, as well as a new web ordering system for our Pcard users.

All that is required to access the new General Stores/OfficeMax Pcard system is a user name and password. If you would like to use the Pcard ordering system please email Gary Anderson gary-anderson@uiowa.edu with your name, address, and phone number. A user name and password will be set up. Remember, this new user name and password is for Pcard web ordering only. This ordering system offers our customers off-hours ordering convenience from remote locations; fast and easy search capabilities; and the ability to save orders for easy reordering, set up and save a shopping list, review past orders, and email acknowledgements. It is also easy to bring up previous orders for Pcard reconciliation.


Barnes & Noble Procurement Card Discount

Barnes and Noble offers the University of Iowa a 20% educational discount for all Procurement Card transactions. To receive this discount you should reference the University of Iowa account number #5364666 at time of check-out. Purchases should be for institutional use only. Discounts apply ONLY to book purchases. Discounts DO NOT apply to magazines, music dept., cafe, textbooks, publishing orders and gift cards.

THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO PURCHASES MADE ON THEIR WEB-SITE.  For volume discounts on textbooks (50 or more copies per book) on their web-site please refer to this link.


Newark InOne and the University of Iowa

Discounts set forth in the Corporate Service Agreement shall remain fixed for the duration of the Agreement except as provided herein.

  1. Newark InOne Catalog items, when purchased in the first column quantities or single unit proices as shown on the current Newark InOne Resale Pricer, will be unit priced less ten percent (10%)
  2. Newark InOne Catalog items, when purchased in quantities greater than the first column quantity, will be priced at the applicable column price.

Pricing and Availabliity Exceptions

Catalog availability and pricing are accurate as of publication date, but are subject to change without notice.  You can confirm availability and price by calling 800-2 NEWARK (800-263-9275) or by visiting www.newark.com.  Your order will be filled at the prices in effect at the time of purchase.  Also note that a small percentage of products will not be discounted due  to vendor exclusions.

Freight Information

Freight terms:  F.O.B. Destination, Freight Prepaid except for Premium Shipments, which are F.O.B. Ship Point, Freight Prepaid and Add.

See Purchasing Contracts:  Electronic Parts & Supplies for sales rep and purchasing agent information.


Frohwein Office Supplies

A locally-owned independent office furniture and supply business, Frohwein's is an Iowa and Federal Small Business, GSA certified, and holds the Steelcase office furniture contract with the University of Iowa. Purchases for next-day delivery made with your U of I PCard via the web receive pricing 10% below Frohwein's corporate price structure. You must have a user name and password to order - contact:  sales@frohwein.com to receive one.

 

 

 

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