From: Purchasing Office Date: December 1, 2003 To: Vice ...
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Campus Correspondence<strong>Office</strong> of <strong>Purchasing</strong><strong>From</strong>: <strong>Purchasing</strong> <strong>Office</strong> <strong>Date</strong>: <strong>December</strong> 1, <strong>2003</strong><strong>To</strong>:<strong>Vice</strong> Chancellors, Deans, Directors and Department HeadsRe: New <strong>Office</strong> Supply Catalog Contract Effective 12/01/<strong>2003</strong>Memorandum No. PUR04-04This memorandum is issued to advise all Departments that the new <strong>Office</strong> Supply CatalogContract and pricing/discount structures go into effect 12/01/<strong>2003</strong>.Corporate Express has been awarded State Contract No. 405577 based on their 2004catalog. If your Department has not yet received your 2004 catalog or need additionalcopies, please contact a Corporate Express customer service representative (telephone 272-6600 / email tena.taylor@cexp.com). New 2004 catalogs may also be obtained fromUniversity Stores. Please discontinue use of the <strong>2003</strong> catalog after 11/30/<strong>2003</strong>.The most noteworthy change to the new contract is the inclusion of 2004 catalog itemswith net discounted unit prices up to $1000; the previous contract excluded catalog itemswith net discounted unit prices greater than $500.The new contract has the following pricing/discount structures:• Fixed/firm prices on high-volume, brand-specific core office supplies. These itemsare priced with deep discounts (up to 90%) from the 2004 catalog list price, and areitemized in contract lines 2 – 297. A list of these core office supplies is accessible athttp://www.fas.lsu.edu/purchasing/officesupply.htm, and includes search capabilitiesusing the ‘Find’ (Ctrl-F) function.• All remaining catalog items not itemized in the above list have been discounted 25 to50 percent. Contract net discounted pricing on these items may be obtained online atwww.eway.com [User ID is la and Password is louisiana – both in lower case].Any 2004 catalog item with a net discounted unit price exceeding $1000 is excluded underthis contract.Current LaCarte/E-Way users are advised that the LSU/Corporate Express online catalogand order entry website will reflect the new 2004 catalog, net discounted contract priceseffective 12/01/<strong>2003</strong>, without any interruption in service. E-Way is accessible from ourwebsite, and includes application instructions for interested new users.www.fas.lsu.edu/purchasing/• 225/578-2176• Fax 225/578-2292
2<strong>December</strong> 2, <strong>2003</strong>Purchases made/dated through 11/30/<strong>2003</strong> must be received by Corporate Express no laterthan <strong>December</strong> 15 th to ensure <strong>2003</strong> catalog contract prices/discounts.Please be reminded that it is University purchasing policy that all Departments procuretheir office supply needs through University Stores, or by LaCarte procurement cardtransactions issued electronically by the Department directly to Corporate Express via theLSU/Corporate Express E-Way online catalog/order entry website.State <strong>Purchasing</strong>’s bulletin regarding the new <strong>Office</strong> Supply Catalog Contract, and allchanges thereto, is available for your reference at our website. Any questions regarding theprocurement of office supplies should be directed to Rick Frye (email rfrye@lsu.edu /telephone 578-2176).Rose Mary Wilhelm, CPPBExecutive Director of Procurement Servicesand Property ManagementRMW:vpc: Dr. Jerry J. Baudin
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