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St Ives to Exhibit Print Services at Procurement Solutions for the Public Sector Show
Tuesday 20. May 2008 - St Ives, the UK's largest print solution provider will be exhibiting on stand 334 at Procurement Solutions for the Public Sector, which is taking place 10-11th June at Earls Court.
As the only UK print solution provider that is approved across all 10 Lots of the Pan Government Collaborative Print Framework agreement, St Ives offers an across the board solution for print buyers and procurement professionals in the public sector.
The Pan Government Collaborative Print Framework agreement is a best practice approach to print procurement, which allows public sector organisations to select approved print suppliers that offer a range of quality and value for money, products and services. Executed by the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions (OGCbs), the agreement is part of the UK Government’s Collaborative Agenda, which works towards driving through better cost efficiencies.
St Ives’ group capacity spans its 30 sites across the UK and provides the ability to meet the needs of time sensitive markets and ensure that jobs are delivered in time and to budget, with the ease of dealing with just one supplier. “As the only supplier to be approved across all 10 Lots of the Pan Government Collaborative Print Framework agreement, public sector organisations can benefit from having a dedicated St Ives account manager who acts as one point of contact to meet all their print requirements,” says Alan Warner, Customer Service Director, Public Sector, St Ives Group.
“Throughout the St Ives Group we are focused on partnering with our customers to provide solutions, not just print. However, unlike other print managers print is not outsourced and so customers know that they will achieve quality and colour consistency across the board, and that their products aren’t being placed with different companies.”
In addition to print St Ives provides a range of added value services, from online asset management and marketing consultancy to fulfilment, logistics and delivery, consolidating the supply chain and delivering time and cost efficiencies. During the show St Ives’ specialist public sector procurement team will be on hand to demonstrate its breadth of capability and resource available to the public sector through the use of the Pan Government Print Framework.
The ten lots within the print framework agreement that St Ives provides services for are:
Web offset
Digital Printing
Litho SRA2/B2
Litho SRA1/B1
Posters
Binders and Wallets
Forms and continuous stationery
Label and tape printing
Duplication
Print Management
“We’ve been working in the public sector for over ten years, and our presence at the show will strengthen our long term partnerships with public sector procurement professionals,” continues Alan. “We look forward to meeting visitors at the show and encourage anyone with a remit for print placement or print buying to visit our stand and find out more about St Ives public sector solutions.”