RR Donnelley Awarded Multi-Year $30 Million Contract by Medbuy Corporation
May 06 2009 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (NYSE:RRD) announced
today that it has been awarded a multi-year $30 million contract
renewal by Medbuy Corporation. Under the terms of the agreement RR
Donnelley will provide web-to-print solutions and the
manufacturing, warehousing and distribution of customized
healthcare facility products such as clinical and administrative
forms, labels, kits, brochures, and other preprinted materials.
Medbuy is Canada's leading healthcare Group Purchasing
Organization. Its membership includes 35% of Canada�s hospitals and
healthcare organizations.
"This contract award is the result of a thorough evaluation of
market alternatives, and offers significant savings to our Member
organizations without compromising the quality and service that we
have grown to expect from RR Donnelley. We are pleased to renew our
relationship, and we look forward to working together for many
years to come" said Bekhe Purkis, Medbuy Contracting Director,
Med/Surg. "Suppliers like RR Donnelley are key to helping us to
drive continued value and innovation for hospitals and healthcare
organizations," added Purkis.
"We are very pleased with Medbuy�s decision to renew their
longstanding relationship with RR Donnelley and to expand upon the
solid foundation that we have built together over the past eight
years," stated Allen Hallis, President RR�Donnelley Canada. "Our
relationship with Medbuy has evolved into an effective
collaboration that delivers exceptional value. This decision
reflects our position as the premier custom print and document
provider to Canadian healthcare institutions and
organizations."
About RR Donnelley
RR Donnelley (NYSE: RRD) is the world�s premier full-service
provider of print and related services, including business process
outsourcing. Founded more than 144 years ago, the company provides
products and solutions in commercial printing, direct mail,
financial printing, print fulfillment, labels, forms, logistics,
call centers, transactional print-and-mail, print management,
online services, digital photography, color services, and content
and database management to customers in the publishing, healthcare,
advertising, retail, technology, financial services and many other
industries. The largest companies in the world and others rely on
RR Donnelley�s scale, scope and insight through a comprehensive
range of online tools, variable printing services and
market-specific solutions.
For more information, and for RR Donnelley's Corporate Social
Responsibility Report, visit the company's web site at
http://www.rrdonnelley.com.
About Medbuy
Medbuy is Canada's leading Healthcare Group Purchasing
Organization, harnessing the purchasing power of 35% of Canada's
hospitals and Healthcare organizations. We deliver the best net
price for Healthcare supplies, pharmaceuticals and services, at the
lowest cost, and secure value-added benefits that enhance our
Members' knowledge base. In 2008, our Members purchased nearly $693
million from Medbuy contracts. In turn, Medbuy returned more than
$34.0 million in rebates to its membership.
Medbuy helps Healthcare organizations to maximize their supply
chain savings which enables them to reinvest dollars where it
counts - into patient care. For more information, go to
www.medbuy.ca
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