MALVERN, Pa., June 4, 2013 – Ricoh Americas Corporation today
announced it has been awarded a multi-year contract to supply
multifunction products (MFPs) and related services to participants in
the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance. Fairfax County,
Virginia, served as the lead agency and awarded Ricoh the contract after
carefully evaluating proposals from other manufacturers.
The exclusive contract gives more than 90,000 public sector entities such as state agencies, local governments, special districts, school districts, and public and nonprofit higher education institutions access to Ricoh’s devices and services.
“Ricoh was selected in a competitive solicitation process based on
their proposal, offering a compelling services-led approach to assist
public entities in transforming business processes and finding areas of
cost savings,” said Cathy Muse, CPPO; Director/Purchasing Agent,
Department of Purchasing & Supply Management, Fairfax County, VA.
“We are excited that Fairfax County is able to provide the contract
vehicle for this powerful offering on a nation-wide basis.”
For more information, visit www.uscommunities.ricoh-usa.com.
The exclusive contract gives more than 90,000 public sector entities such as state agencies, local governments, special districts, school districts, and public and nonprofit higher education institutions access to Ricoh’s devices and services.
This new agreement combines Ricoh’s award-winning lineup of printing
technology with the strength of Ricoh’s industry-leading services.
Public sector clients now have access to a publicly-solicited
cooperative agreement that can provide them with new strategies to
manage print fleets, improve information flows, create more sustainable
printing environments and help reduce operational costs.
For more information, visit www.uscommunities.ricoh-usa.com.
About U.S. Communities
U.S. CommunitiesTM Government Purchasing Alliance is a nonprofit
government purchasing cooperative that assists local and state
government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education, and
nonprofits in reducing the cost of purchased goods through pooling the
purchasing power of public agencies nationwide. This is accomplished
through competitively solicited contracts for quality products through
lead public agencies. For more information, visit www.uscommunities.org.
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© 2013 Ricoh Americas Corporation. All rights reserved. All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
John Greco
Ricoh Americas Corporation (973) 882-2023 john.greco@ricoh-usa.com
Jan Daley-Austin
AR Advisors, Inc.
(239) 257-3040 jan@analystadvisors.com
© 2013 Ricoh Americas Corporation. All rights reserved. All referenced product names are the trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
John Greco
Ricoh Americas Corporation (973) 882-2023 john.greco@ricoh-usa.com
Jan Daley-Austin
AR Advisors, Inc.
(239) 257-3040 jan@analystadvisors.com
