Following a successful government tender earlier this year, APS Group has partnered with Crown Commercial Service (CCS) to run a new online Print Marketplace. It will enable public bodies to compare prices and order printed materials from marketplace registered print suppliers.
The platform is designed to help public sector organisations streamline their procurement processes by getting instant quotations from suppliers and being able to place orders more efficiently. For PSPs, Print Marketplace can help expand their customer base. They need to register their interest with APS to be included on the platform - which is free and simple to sign up to.
Dave Duncan, Crown Commercial Service’s head of document management and logistics said: “Capable of providing real, instant quotes from multiple suppliers, Print Marketplace will be a genuinely market-leading solution. It will allow customers from the entire public sector to purchase quality print products and, in doing so, save time and money while meeting their social value obligations.
“This solution will also support SMEs in the wake of Covid-19, allowing them to win new business and access customers they may have previously struggled to reach.”
Kim Naylor, executive director of APS Group, added: “By connecting supply and demand, we are helping to remove many of the obstacles that have previously prevented the public sector accessing smaller, local suppliers. We welcome the opportunities this will bring to our existing and new roster of print suppliers.