Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) is a new housing association set up to take over the ownership andmanagement of over 15 000 homes in Plymouth from Plymouth City Council. Transfer took place in Autumn2009. PCH are seeking expressions of interest from experienced and highly capable suppliers to provide officesupplies in response to our ongoing office requirements.

PCH are seeking to appoint one successful supplier. The proposed contract will be for an initial period of 3 years and PCH will have the option to extend the contract, at its sole discretion and subject to performance,for a further 2 years. The contract will cover various PCH sites in the Plymouth area.

The supplier would be expected to provide a wide range of products to suit our ongoing stationery and officesupplies requirements. As well as standard stationery items, the chosen supplier will also be required to provideadditional office supplies such as print consumables, misc. cleaning products, ad-hoc minor office equipment/items, foodstuff items (coffee, tea, sugar etc) and other office-related supplies. The supplier would be expectedto provide a choice of branded and non-branded substitute products where this is more cost-effective and mustprovide a range of environmentally-friendly products as part of our ongoing commitment to CSR. The supplierwill be required to respond to ongoing purchase orders within a reasonable 24-48 hour timescale. All orderswill normally be placed via a purchase order process by e-mail or fax. All product information will need to beprovided in spreadsheet format and up to date catalogues must be provided to all users (minimum 40 userswould require up to date catalogues), or online / electronic catalogues tailored to our contract. The supplierwill also need to provide ongoing account management information covering a variety of usage reports. Thesupplier will need to show a strong track record in delivering similar contracts.