Eight new B2B suppliers will now appear on an ecommerce platform that serves public procurement needs. Omnia Partners, a nonprofit organization providing government and public sector cooperatives with an ecommerce platform to purchase goods and services, added some of the biggest suppliers in B2B digital commerce to its existing list of distributors.
Omnia calls itself the largest and most experienced purchasing organization for public and private sector procurement. Now, it has some of the biggest distributors of maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) selling on its platform, Opus.
Public procurement suppliers appearing on the Opus ecommerce platform
Now, distributors selling on Opus include:
- ODP Business Solutions (formerly Office Depot Business Solutions), a distributor of office supplies, furniture, technology, cleaning and breakroom products and services.
- Global Industrial Co., national distributor of industrial and MRO products.
- Grainger, a broad-line distributor of MRO products and services including technical support and inventory management.
- Lawson, a distributor of industrial, commercial, institutional and government MRO products and services.
- MSC Industrial Supply, a distributor of a broad range of metalworking and MRO solutions.
- Pocket Nurse, a supplier of medical education supplies. It serves customers in nursing programs, emergency medical system (EMS) training, pharmacy technology and physical therapy.
- Quill, an online retailer of office supplies for organizations. Its products include paper, ink, toner, cleaning and breakroom supplies, furniture, technology and custom printing.
- Safeware, a distributor of specialty products for the protection of law enforcement agencies, fire departments, rescue operators, hazmat teams and government entities.
“Nearly 5,000 government agencies and nonprofits are using Opus to modernize their procurement process and more easily access the benefits of cooperative contracts,” said Todd Abner, CEO at Omnia Partners. “The user-friendly experience and functionality of our platform is solving the staffing constraints and high demands being placed on buying organizations. They are able to get the products and services they need at industry-leading prices quickly, while still adhering to their compliance requirements.”
What the new distributors will bring to Opus
As a result, the new additions will bring more than 4 million SKUs in more than 90 categories for Opus. For the ecommerce platform and its public procurement customers, those categories include:
- Maintenance, repair and operations.
- Protective safety equipment for law enforcement and first responders.
- Office supplies and medical education supplies.
In total, Opus users have access to products from approximately 300 suppliers, according to Omnia Partners.
“Adding these category-leading suppliers is a major step forward in the value Opus delivers to customers,” says Denise Woodside, executive vice president of operations and digital strategy at Omnia Partners. “Our world-class supplier partners are committed to helping us move the industry forward with the same modern technology and buying experience that we all enjoy in our personal lives.”
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