SPC News

By Rita Kueny

SPC Extends Warehouse Direct Janitorial Supplies Contract

The Suburban Purchasing Cooperative’s (SPC) Governing Board is pleased to announce a one-year contract extension of the SPC Janitorial Supplies Contract to Warehouse Direct Workplace Solutions of Des Plaines. The contract extension will run from February 21, 2014 through February 20, 2015. The SPC reserves the right to extend the contract for up to two (2) additional one-year terms upon mutual agreement on a negotiated basis.

In addition to the janitorial supplies contract, Warehouse Direct also holds the SPC Office Supplies Contract through Independent Stationers utilizing the U.S. Communities National Contract. Therefore, we strongly encourage participants to consolidate janitorial supplies orders with office supplies orders. For questions or additional information, please contact Warehouse Direct Senior Procurement Analyst Spencer Touchie at 847-631-7188 (stouchie@warehousedirect.com), Account Executive Rick Schackle at 847-631-7428 (rickschackle@warehousedirect.com) or your SSMMA staff representative.

Ford Announces Factory Cut Off Dates for Police Interceptors and Transit Connects

The SPC has been advised that Ford Motor Company has announced the following factory order cut off dates: Police Interceptor Sedan Contract: March 14, 2014 Police Interceptor Utility Contract: March 14, 2014 Transit Connect XL Cargo Van Contract: April 4, 2014

All three of these contracts are with Currie Motors of Frankfort, IL. For questions or additional information, please contact Tom Sullivan at 815-464-9200 (thomasfsullivan@msn.com) or your SSMMA staff representative.

Please consider the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative when making purchases and note that every municipality and government agency in the State of Illinois is authorized to participate in SPC Programs. Feel free to contact your SSMMA SPC staff representative Rita Kueny at (708) 206-1155 or rita.kueny@ssmma.org with any questions or comments you may have regarding existing SPC programs or additional programs you might like to see added.