An end-to-end platform, designed to support organisations with their day-to-day business needs.
The framework, which was developed in partnership with Contracting Authority, District Homes CIC, consolidates the full range of products and services required to support the operational activity of a business into one contract, delivered by a single supplier – Office Depot, part of the OT Group,
About the framework
Office Depot’s extensive range encompasses hundreds of thousands of products from more than 10,000 suppliers, benchmarked against the market to ensure competitive pricing. Deliveries are made nationally through a world-class operations and distribution network, with flexible options including scheduled and out-of-hours deliveries, as well as carbon tracking on all orders.
This combination of scale and logistics gives customers access to an unlimited range of products and services, via a single reliable source, streamlining processes and saving time and money.
It also minimises environmental impact and promotes corporate sustainability through fewer deliveries.
The framework is designed to maximise value, offer timesaving solutions, and support businesses with the ordering and delivery of products and services, including:
- Office supplies- office stationery, home office supplies, exclusive 5-star own brand range and over 3,500 environmental product alternatives.
- Workplace solutions – janitorial supplies, waste management products, health and safety, premises and maintenance supplies, catering products.
- PPE & workwear – protective personal equipment, corporate clothing, uniforms, personalisation.
- Print management – corporate gifts, business stationery, direct mail, marketing collateral and large-scale print and graphics.
- Managed print services from solutions to software.
- Data archive – secure destruction, archive solutions, electric records management.
- Furniture and interiors – from a single chair, through to fit-outs and refurbishments.
- Tail management – supplier management services for consolidation and compliance.
- Digitalisation solutions – hybrid mail, AV digital advertising and RFiD asset tracking and geolocations
- Hybrid working solutions- remote working solutions and the home office.
Framework users are able to access and order products through SmartPad, OfficeTeam’s intuitive e-commerce platform, which offers detailed descriptions of all products along with saved baskets, subscriptions and repeat orders and the ability to switch to sustainable product options at check-out.
SmartPad also works as a powerful analytics engine, helping to drive procurement efficiencies, through full visibility and control of your organisation’s spend and built-in approvals and budget controls and customisable management information.
