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Purchasing Consortia - MACNY Joint Buying Opportunities
MACNY has created several buying opportunities for our members. These offerings are targeted at the needs of manufacturers to help lower the costs of doing business in New York. These programs are available exclusively to MACNY members. MACNY offers programs in Energy, Supplies and Services. There is no cost for a member to participate in the MACNY buying consortia.
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MACNY's purchasing consortia are made stronger through the participation of our members. We encourage you to learn if our buying opportunities can provide you with a savings.
Please contact John Lawyer, MACNY's Director of Purchasing and Technology Solutions, for more information about these programs. ( JLawyer@macny.org, 315.474.4201 X17)
In our reviews of these programs, the savings from participation far exceed the dues of the members that participate. We hope that we can provide this for your company as well.
The following are detailed descriptions of our programs - for Electricity, Natural Gas, Office Supplies, Safety Supplies, Shop Supplies, Equipment Maintenance and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
MACNY Electricity Consortium
MACNY has managed an electricity aggregation currently comprised of as many as 50 companies for the last 6 years. The opportunity is to take advantage of rates that are normally only available to the largest electricity consumers.
MACNY has selected Constellation Energy as an Endorsed Energy Supplier for MACNY. Constellation Energy fuses information and electricity to help customers manage their risk of volatile energy costs by offering a comprehensive array of innovative products, services, pricing and resources – all developed according to specific customer objectives and risk tolerance. By understanding how your energy usage impacts your operating costs, risk tolerance and budget requirements, Constellation Energy can help your company understand your energy options and assist putting a formal plan in place that meets your overall business objectives. A FORTUNE 500 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation Energy had revenues of $14.3 billion in 2010. Learn more at www.Constellation.com. MACNY has also selected Direct Energy as an Endorsed Enery Supplier for MACNY. Direct Energy Business is one of North America’s largest commercial retail energy suppliers and a Direct Energy company. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Direct Energy Business is dedicated to helping customers make cost-effective choices for their electricity and natural gas requirements. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, Direct Energy Business serves nearly 50,000 customers in 14 states, the District of Columbia and five Canadian provinces. To learn more, visit www.directenergybusiness.com.
We offer a variety of products including fixed rate and variable rate agreements to allow our members to manage energy costs in accordance with their risk and budgetary goals.
We continue to add companies to this consortium during the year, allowing additional companies to take advantage of the same benefits as current participants. If you would like to request a quote, please complete this form.
MACNY Natural Gas Consortium
MACNY is pleased to announce the third successful year of our Natural Gas Consortium. After a careful review and competitive bid process, MACNY selected National Fuel Resources to be the supplier for the consortium. National Fuel offered strong support for the consortium principle and the lowest prices.
National Fuel Resources, Inc. (NFR) markets natural gas to thousands of industrial, commercial, public authority and residential customers throughout New York and western Pennsylvania, offering competitively priced energy and energy management services to its customers. NFR is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Company, a $3.7 billion diversified energy corporation that has been in business for over 100 years. NFR itself has been in business since the beginnings of deregulation. NFR has grown to become one of the largest regional marketing companies in New York State, supported by industrial and commercial groups, state and local governments, schools and universities. NFR strengths include competitive pricing, and reliability; key criteria for choosing an energy supplier. They have a diverse network of suppliers, as well as extensive experience in pipeline and storage management. NFR offers a wide array of pricing and hedging options tailored to meet the individual needs of each business. Please complete this form if you would like to learn more about participating in the MACNY Natural Gas program; or contact Jim Lalley from National Fuel Resources to receive a proposal and pricing for your specific accounts ( jlalley@nfrinc.com, 716.630.6728). And please contact John Lawyer at MACNY (315.474.4201 X17) to ask about the program and how it works. The program allows you to receive benefit regardless of when you join the consortium.
MACNY Office Supply Consortium
MACNY is pleased to announce the launch of a new and improved Office Supply Consortium. We have made several improvements to the program to make savings broadly available to our members. The most significant change is that we have selected a new provider, Hummel’s Office Plus. ( http://www.hummelsop.com/) This respected regional supplier provided lower prices for an expanded market basket and is known for providing good service.
Another notable change is that we have eliminated the fee for participating in this opportunity. This consortium is now free for all MACNY members.
There is an extensive market basket on which you will receive deep discounts. You will also receive large company discounts on other catalog items. That is it. As a member of MACNY, you just pay a lower price.
We hope that you will find the enhanced program to be useful for your business. To sign up for this consortium, please complete the interest form on our web site. To learn about pricing and about doing business with Hummels, please call Tim Hall at 315.432.9000 (tim@hummelsop.com).
MACNY Safety Supply Consortium
MACNY would like to announce the renewal of its safety supplies consortium. MACNY has selected MACNY member Airgas East to supply safety products as a significant discount to MACNY members. Airgas is the 4th largest supplier of safety supplies in the United States. They have agreed to offer MACNY Members special pricing for safety supplies. Airgas is one of the largest U.S. Distributors of safety products with about 500 million in annual sales. They are a major distributor of leading brands of personal protective equipment and products, including head protection, eye wear, footwear, respiratory protection, environmental protection and work safety products. Airgas distributes approximately 25,000 different products, all with same-day shipping, through branch and retail sales as well as catalog, ebusiness and telesales channels. They also offer respirator fit testing training, Fall protection Training and safe handling and compressed gases seminars as a value added services. Airgas has 15 retail locations in New York State and 12,000 in the US.
The contact at Airgas is Tim Kanavy; the Area Sales Manager (800-524-7427 X48673, tim.kanavy@airgas.com).
MACNY MRO/Shop Supply Consortium
MACNY is currently renewing our Industrial Supply program. The purpose of this consortium is to make low prices for MRO items available to our members; these prices are normally only available to large companies.
This consortium includes MRO items like cutting tools, lubricants, hand tools, abrasives, material handling equipment, sealants, and shop supplies.
There is no cost to participate in the Industrial Supplies Consortium. We anticipate that this will provide a significant savings for our members, and we would like to include as many MACNY members as possible. Request Information
MACNY Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Consortium
Crouse Hospital's EAP program, HelpPeople, has offered MACNY members a special rate for it services for the last two years. HelpPeople provides MACNY members the same rates that are normally only available to it largest customers. EAP programs provide an excellent return on investment for companies that have the program available. Request InformationMACNY Equipment Maintenance Consortium
MACNY is pleased to announce its new Equipment Maintenance Consortium. This is an opportunity for companies to save 10-20% on electronic equipment maintenance agreements.
Through the program, you replace your current maintenance agreements with a risk management/insurance product from our consortium providers. The premiums for this product will be lower than your current costs. When your equipment needs either repair or preventative maintenance, you call your local vendor to service the equipment on your schedule, but the bill is paid for by our provider. You save the administrative time and costs of billing and maintaining contracts.
This program may be particularly helpful to a company that has maintenance contracts on several machines. For example, do you have a maintenance contract on a fax machine, a computer server, and a time clock? Or do you have maintenance agreements on a photo copy machine, a printer,
and a card access system for your store room? Or perhaps you have medical equipment like an
ultrasound, laboratory or radiological equipment. The program may be helpful for replacing these agreements with the potential for significant savings.
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