When initiating a requisition, AU funds are committed. PCD will make sure that the following are in place:

The current suppliers listed below in green are AU's preferred vendors and those vendors with preferred pricing arrangements. Preferred pricing does not preclude or substitute for competitive bidding requirements that may be necessary before doing business with any vendor

Appliances	Best Buy	Bray & Scarff
Audio Visual	Best Buy	B&H Photo	CTSI	ACE
Beverages	Coca-Cola
Bottled Water	Deer Park
Catering In House	Bon Appetit
Outside Catering
Cell Phones	Sprint	Verizon	AT&T	T-Mobile
Coffee	Ragan's Coffee	Filterfresh
Computer Hardware & Peripherals	CDW-G	Dell	Apple	Sun	HP
Computer Software	CDW-G	Software House	Dell/ASAP
Courier Services	Metro Delivery
Copiers	Canon	Konica	Xerox
Fax Machines	Canon
Furniture	Allsteel Corp	Corporate Express	Steelcase	KI/Hinman	Gunlocke	Ergonomic Chairs Herman Miller
Housekeeping/ Janitorial	Aramark	Quality Assured Cleaning
Mail Services-	Federal Express	USPS	Pitney Bowes Management Services	UPS
Moving & Storage	Joe Moholland	Arpin Van Lines	Olympia
Long haul Transportation-	Olympia - Local Agent for Wheaton World Wide Moving	Joe Moholland - Agent for Mayflower	Arpin Van Lines
Office Automation	Pitney Bowes	National Mailing Systems	Whitaker Brothers	Xerox
Office Supplies (e-procurement)	Corporate Express
Paper	Corporate Express
Toner (new)-	Corporate Express
Packaging Supplies	Corporate Express	Uline
Promotional Vendors
Printing-Stationery	Corporate Express(CEDOCS)	Delong (Stationery)
External Printers
Printing-Copies	Fedex Office	UPS Store
Signage
Digital Signage	Four Winds Interactive
Shredding	Shred-ex
Shuttle Bus Service-		Scenic American
Travel Agents	Marathon	MacNair	Travelplus
Travel- Local Hotels	Embassy Suites Chevy Chase	Holiday Inn Georgetown	Courtyard by Marriott in Chevy Chase
Telecom Distributors	Anixter	Graybar
Telecom Manufacturers	Paetec	Cisco	Nortel
Telecom cable assemblies	Capital Cable	Computer System Products	Fibercon
Temporary Help	Temporary Solutions	Ford Agency	Sparks
Vehicles	Chevy Chase Cars	Gaithersburg Equipment
Warehouse Inventory	WW Grainger

KEY:
Green highlighted = Preferred Supplier
Yellow highlighted = under review
Not highlighted = No special pricing relationship, but quality supplier

The primary purpose of these instructions is to provide a general understanding of those vendors American University uses most and have good working relationships. Some departments have very comprehensive procurement procedures and work closely with PCD. The policies presented should be adapted to the requirements of each individual department, as necessary.