Staples Advantage Receives NJPA National Contract for Janitorial Supplies

April 22, 2011

Green Technology World

(Close-Up Media via COMTEX) - National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) has announced that Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., has been awarded a contract for Janitorial Supplies to provide facility solutions to NJPA members.


NJPA is member-owned buying cooperative serving public and private schools, K12 through higher education, state and local governments, and non-profit organizations. The Company said that the facility solutions and services business of Staples Advantage, Staples Facility Solutions, will provide janitorial supplies to all qualified organizations including more than 30,000 NJPA members nationwide.

Staples offers an assortment of janitorial and cleaning supplies, break room products and emergency preparedness goods. The Staples Facility Solutions nationwide team consults with public sector and education customers to create a customized solution, helping with product selection, usage and training. It's a complete program helping businesses provide a cleaner, healthier work environment.

"Staples Advantage provides a robust assortment of janitorial and cleaning products, including sustainable solutions, that NJPA members now have the ability to purchase easily and efficiently," said Lisa Hamblet, VP for the facility solutions and services business of Staples Advantage. "Our relationship with leading vendors, proven supply chain and team of facility experts ensure that NJPA members will now have an easy solution for procuring facility supplies." Staples Advantage, the business-to-business division of Staples, Inc., serves organizations, including global businesses, local, state and federal government, healthcare organizations and educational institutions. The Staples Advantage one source solution includes products and services from office supplies, technology and printing to promotional products, furniture and facility supplies.

The National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) is a municipal contracting government agency that serves schools, non-profit and government entities with competitively awarded contract purchasing solutions through vendors.