Press Release
HDSupply joins the Nonprofit Marketplace
Atlanta, GA - 10/09/2007 -
The Georgia Center for Nonprofits announced today that HD Supply Facilities Maintenance has joined the Nonprofit Marketplace. “We are so excited about this unique opportunity to provide Nonprofit Marketplace Members with the quality products they need at discounted prices,” said Sheila Schnellenberger, Senior National Account Manager, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance.
Nonprofit Marketplace, powered by IBM, employs world-class vendor sourcing and support with a Fortune 500 procurement software platform. These two keystone elements provide a system for purchasing that the largest companies in America now enjoy, with contracts – such as HD Supplysm - that guarantee savings on the items that organizations purchase every day.
“These dramatically lowered rates are typically reserved for high-volume purchasers,” says Karen Beavor, President and CEO of the Georgia Center for Nonprofits. “And since nonprofits are generally very small ‘businesses’, they simply don’t purchase in volumes high enough to earn them great discounts. Our program, Nonprofit Marketplace, aggregates their buying, though, and takes advantage of pre-negotiated contracts, which can dramatically reduce their spending.”
The collaboration-based model also gives customers affordable access to a world-class online procurement platform, says Beavor. “Alone, most nonprofits simply couldn’t afford this type of system. But by sharing the load, they’ll find it very affordable.”
“We have wanted to bring HD Supplysm to the platform for some time – since they provide products that are in high demand by many nonprofit organizations” says Beavor. “We are excited for the nonprofits that they now have access to another world class supplier.”
HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, a HD Supplysm business, is a leading supplier of maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products, with over 18,000 items in 35 distribution centers nationwide.
The Center conceived Nonprofit Marketplace as a program for nonprofits in Georgia. But, says Beavor, when it became clear that the program benefits increased with the number of users, she decided to make it available nationally. “We can actually better meet our mission—to strengthen organizations in Georgia—by extending this service outside of our traditional service area,” she says. “It’s a fantastic opportunity to invest in our own state and, at the same time, strengthen the national nonprofit sector.”
For more information about Nonprofit Marketplace, contact Rochelle McAllister, Business Development Manager, at 678-916-3006.
About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
About HD Supplysm
HD Supplysm provides professional customers with superior products, support and services for the entire project lifecycle, from infrastructure to construction to lifetime maintenance, repair and remodel, through their portfolio of market leading businesses. With nearly 1,000 locations and more than 26,000 associates, HD Supplysm is one of the largest diversified wholesale distributors in North America.
About the Georgia Center for Nonprofits
An all-in-one resource for and about Georgia’s nonprofit sector, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits works to serve, strengthen and support nonprofit, charitable organizations statewide. The center provides nonprofits with the resources and tools they need to be most effective; promotes partnerships between nonprofits and foundations, businesses and government to meet critical needs; and helps state and local policy-makers and the public understand and support the work of nonprofits.
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