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University-wide Contracted Suppliers
The University has institution-wide contracted agreements with a number of suppliers through competitive bidding or negotiated arrangements. It is University policy that you should always use a University-wide Contracted Supplier for purchase of any items for which the University has an agreement.
University-wide contracted suppliers offer the best overall value to the University. This means that, in addition to discounted prices for the University's most frequently purchased items, University-wide contracted suppliers offer excellent service, direct, on-time and generally free delivery, no-hassle returns, a quick and easy paperless ordering and payment process through the PantherExpress System, and other important contractual protections for the University. Utilize the directory of University-wide Contracted Suppliers included below.
- If your product is not available or you found better pricing elsewhere
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If your requirements are unique and a technically equivalent product is not available from a University-wide Contracted Supplier, visit this page to learn more about assessing benefits versus risks and how to make purchases from alternate suppliers when necessary.
If you find better pricing from an alternate supplier, contact the University-Wide Contracted Supplier to ask about meeting or beating the alternate supplier’s price. If the University-wide contracted supplier cannot meet or beat the alternate supplier’s pricing, visit this page to learn more about assessing benefits versus risks and how to make purchases from alternate suppliers when necessary.
University-wide Contracted Supplier Directory
Purchases from the following University-wide Contracted Suppliers should be made through the purchasing method specified. Typically the purchasing method is the PantherExpress System, but varies depending on the commodity.
- Supplier Classifications
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Supplier classifications include four levels of suppliers and is based on a supplier's performance and business model and takes into consideration University requirements such as: cost, delivery, responsiveness, technology, and quality.
Platinum
A Platinum Level supplier is a company with whom the University has entered into a long-term and collaborative business relationship. The supplier is committed to leveraging the strategic and operational capabilities of both organizations to achieve significant ongoing benefits for each party. This designation means that the University negotiated a discount pricing agreement and addressed all of the related terms and conditions and insurance requirements with the supplier.
Departments are required to purchase from Platinum Level suppliers as part of a University strategy to leverage its full buying power within a specific commodity.
There is only one Platinum Level supplier in a commodity and the supplier:
- Meets all of the criteria for Gold Level suppliers;
- Commits to, makes valuable contributions to and participates in all University supplier shows at levels higher than Gold, Silver and Bronze Level suppliers;
- Has a robust e-business presence on the PantherExpress System with a punchout, electronic invoicing and possibly electronic credits and e-quotes;
- Assists the University in funneling much of its spend on the commodity through a single supplier; and
- Maintains high visibility on campus through dedicated account managers.
Gold
A Gold Level supplier is similar to a Silver Level supplier as it meets all of the same criteria, in addition the Gold Level supplier has a robust e-business presence on the PantherExpress System with a punchout, electronic invoicing and possibly electronic credits and e-quotes.
Silver
A Silver Level supplier is company with whom the University has entered into a long-term contract, has negotiated a discount pricing agreement and addressed all the related terms and conditions and insurance requirements with the supplier. Several Silver Level suppliers also provide specialized or niche products which are not offered by Platinum or Gold Level suppliers. Departments are required to support Silver Level suppliers as part of a University strategy to leverage its full buying power within specific commodities.
All Silver Level suppliers:
- Meet a certain minimum level of business with the University;
- Offer products or services in a targeted commodity;
- Focus on managing the University-wide relationship not individual transactions;
- Implement continuous improvements; and
- May have a punchout or hosted catalog on the PantherExpress System.
- Some Silver Level suppliers provide unique goods and services not offered by Platinum or Gold Level suppliers and
- May be asked to:
- Share business forecasts;
- Recognize a shared destiny in business to ensure competitive pricing and thus maintain an aggressive and competitive pricing structure; and
- Reduce delivery cycles through effective stocking programs and material production controls.
Bronze
A Bronze Level supplier is or will be enabled in the University's supplier database and generally offers goods or services priced on a single transaction. Several Bronze Level suppliers that are Diversity Business Enterprises (DBEs) have hosted catalogs on the PantherExpress System for ease of purchasing to fulfill Federal subcontracting plans.
Bronze Level suppliers offer products and services that meet a specific need for a University department.
The following Bronze Level DBE suppliers are not University-wide Contracted Suppliers, but they have hosted catalogs in the PantherExpress System" for ease of purchasing to fulfill Federal subcontracting plans:
- Cosh Healthcare, Ltd: Laboratory Supplies
- Garcia Marketing, Inc.: Photography & Video Supplies & Equipment
- Spectrum Chemical & Laboratory Products: Laboratory Chemicals
- Laboratory Product Sales: Laboratory Supplies
All other non-contracted DBE suppliers are available through the PantherExpress System via Standard Form (non-catalog) submission.
- Suppliers with Personal Purchase Discount (PPD) Programs
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A variety of University-wide Contracted Suppliers offer Personal Purchase Discount (PPD) programs to University employees. Using the University-wide Contracted Supplier Directory below, sort by the PPD column, select the name of the Supplier, and learn more about what they have to offer under the Programs and Designations section.
Additionally, explore discounts through PittPerks. This is a program that provides a broad range of discounts and the opportunity to purchase certain voluntary benefits at group rates through payroll deductions to University employees. New offerings are added frequently.
| Supplier Name | Commodity | Classification | Green Program | Purchasing Method | DBE | PPD | PA Supplier | Uniform Guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWR International / VWR Lab Furniture |
Scientific - Medical Supplies & Scientific - Lab Furniture
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Workscape/Knoll |
Furniture & Furnishings
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Filtech |
Filtration
|
Silver
|
No
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Franklin Interiors/Steelcase |
Furniture & Furnishings
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Benack Sound Productions, Inc |
Event Production Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Windswept Promotions |
Event Production Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Hughie’s Event Production Services |
Event Production Equipment & Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| MediaQuest |
Event Production Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Knepper Press |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| King Digital and Commercial Offset Printing (KDC) |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Herrmann Unlimited |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Lerro Corporation |
Audiovisual
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| AlphaGraphics in the Cultural District |
Print & Graphic Design Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Reed & Witting Company |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Access |
External Records Storage
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Heeter Printing |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| CDI Printing Services, Inc. |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| RRD Pittsburgh |
Print Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Zoltun Studios Inc./Zoltun Design |
Graphic Design Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Don's Appliances |
Appliances
|
Silver
|
No
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Red House Communications |
Graphic Design Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| HeyDesignGuy |
Graphic Design Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Psychology Software Tools, Inc. |
Software
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Landesberg Design |
Graphic Design Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
||
| Lendable Linens |
Event Production Services & Rentals
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
||
| Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
Medical Testing Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Marbella Event Furniture & Décor Rental |
Event Production Services & Rentals
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
||
| Scott Electric |
Facilities Management Supplies
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| All Occasions Party Rental, Inc. |
Event Production Services & Rentals
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
||
| SMARTSolution Technologies L.P. |
Audiovisual
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| burkeMICHAEL+/Haworth |
Furniture & Furnishings
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
|
| Supra Office Solutions, Inc. |
Office Supplies
|
Platinum
|
No
|
Punchout
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
|
| Covetrus North America |
Scientific - Pharmaceuticals (non-clinical)
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Verizon |
Cell Phones
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
| DAI Scientific Equipment |
Scientific - Medical Equipment
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Dell |
Computers
|
Platinum
|
No
|
Punchout
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Waters Corporation |
Scientific - Medical Equipment
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Standard Form
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| EMD Millipore (MilliporeSigma) |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Accelevents |
Virtual conferences or events
|
Silver
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Fisher Scientific |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Platinum
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Gemini Bio-Products |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Genewiz |
Scientific - DNA Services
|
Silver
|
No
|
Standard Form
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Grainger |
Facilities Management Supplies
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
| Huron Consulting Group |
Management Advisory Services
|
Platinum
|
No
|
See Instructions
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
| Integrated DNA Technologies |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Gold
|
Yes
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| LABRepco/PHC Corporation of North America (Panasonic) |
Scientific - Medical Equipment
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Life Technologies |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Gold
|
No
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Abcam, Inc. |
Scientific - Medical Chemicals
|
Silver
|
No
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
|
| Matheson |
Gases
|
Silver
|
Yes
|
Hosted Catalog
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
| Medline Industries, Inc. |
Scientific - Medical Supplies
|
Platinum
|
No
|
Punchout
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|