Local councils club together to cut cost of office supplies
22/12/2006 12:43

Local authorities in the north-east of England have cut their office supply bills by 44 per cent, according to reports.

The 24 members of the North Eastern Purchasing Organisation (NEPO) have reportedly reduced their financial outlay on office supplies from £13.2 million to just £5.8 million.

Using an online auction, run by the firm TradingPartners, 19 office supply manufacturers were able to tender an offer to supply the councils with all their office products for the best price.

This included desktop office supplies, such as pens, pads and other consumables, as well as printer cartridges and other printer supplies.

Andrea Tickner, chair of the NEPO officers groups, said: "This is a tremendous result for NEPO that could not have been achieved without the support and commitment of the member authorities.

"Our auctioneer TradingPartners provided excellent advice and guidance throughout the process and much of the success must also be attributed to them."

The 2006 eAuction was the first of its kind to be undertaken by NEPO, which was established in 1976 to help save councils across a large geographical area save money on their office supplies.

And according to NEPO and the organisations involved in its operations, the money saved on office supplies will be used to provide frontline services to residents and businesses.

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