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Committee approves one-year option with W.B. Mason; staff cites smaller price bumps and high fulfillment rates
Summary
The committee voted to authorize a one-year amendment with W.B. Mason for county office supplies. Purchasing staff said prior paper-product price hikes reached 38.8%; the current amendment limits paper-item increases to up to 5.5% and non-paper increases to about 1.44%. Vendor fulfillment and sustainability metrics were also presented.
Cuyahoga County’s Governmental Relations and Public Transportation committee on Jan. 21 approved Resolution 20250042, authorizing the county to exercise an option year on its existing contract with W.B. Mason for general office supplies and related services.
Paul Porter, director of the Department of Purchasing, told the committee the contract was solicited in 2020 and began April 1, 2021. The amendment under consideration would exercise an option year that Porter said would leave one additional option year remaining under the current agreement. Porter described prior price movement under the contract and explained the current amendment’s proposed increases:…
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