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Supplier Information
How to do Business at McMaster
Systems Contracts
| Main Campus Purchasing
Linda Leo, ext 24678 |
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| Anachemia | 5074 |
| Bell-Arte Camera | 5065 |
| BioRad | 5020 |
| Caledon Labs | 5070 |
| ChemGlass | 5068 |
| Chromatographic Specialties | 5500 |
| Diamed | 5035 |
| Fisher Scientific | 5050 |
| GE Healthcare Biosciences (radioactive only -- order MUST be signed by Health Physics, MUST be placed by Purchasing, requisitioner CANNOT place own order) |
5073 |
| GE Healthcare Biosciences (Biobar only) |
5091 |
| Inter-Science (Terochem) | 5200 |
| Invitrogen (GIBCO/BRL) | 5040 |
| Invitrogen (GIBCO/BRL) (Biobar only) | 5095 |
| Mandel Scientific | 5010 |
| Perkin Elmer (radioactive only -- order MUST be signed by Health Physics, MUST be placed by Purchasing, requisitioner CANNOT place own order) | 5072 |
| Roche Diagnositcs | 5080 |
| Roche Diagnostics (Biobar only) | 5085 |
| VWR International | 5030 |
| VWR (Biobar only) | 5031 |
| Weld-Tech (dry ice) | 1095 |
| Barb Christianson, ext 24587 | |
| Ainsworth Electric (Telecom only) | 2075 |
| Ainsworth Electric (UTS only) | 2070 |
| Buntin Reid | 4239 |
| Curry's Art Store Ltd. | 4189 |
| DELL | 2150 |
| Design Print | 4217 |
| Doall | 6000 |
| Electrosonic | 4093 |
| Grand & Toy | 2030 |
| Innova Envelope (Printing Department Only) | 4000 |
| Lordly Jones | 9050 |
| Moore Business Forms (UTS GH only) | 4066 |
| Moore Business Forms (HSC Computing only) | 8042 |
| Newark In One | 2040 |
| Swagelok | 4130 |
| TT Liquid Handling (Engineering only) | 2010 |
| VitalAire | Various Per Dept |
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| Physical Plant
Barb Christianson, ext 24587 |
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| Barton Auto Parts Ltd | 4192 |
| Bearings & Oil Seals Specialists | 4010 |
| C.N. Weber | 4253 |
| Colour Your World Corp | 4265 |
| Cosimo's Garage LTD. | 4700 |
| Duraire | 4400 |
| Filtration Group | 4210 |
| GT French Ltd | 4247 |
| Grisdale Tire & Auto Service | 4020 |
| Imperial Oil | 6256 |
| Marks Supply Inc. (plumbing) | 4300 |
| Mark's Work Wearhouse | 4200 |
| McLean Insulations | 4030 |
| Multi-Facet Sales | 4600 |
| Petro Partners | 6079 |
| Pinder's Security Products | 4204 |
| Q.I.P. Equipment Ltd. | 4244 |
| Russ Hayes Co. Ltd. | 4074 |
| TT Liquid Handling (Campus wide, Except Engineering) | 4500 |
| Wesco | 6070 |
| Wood Wyant Inc. (Custodial, Cleaning supplies) | 4100 |
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| Health Science Purchasing
Nina Gilners, ext 22216 |
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| BD Biosciences | 8030 |
| Bell Arte Camera | 8210 |
| Bio-Rad | 8020 |
| Cedarlane | 8060 |
| Charles River Canada (bio-bar only) | 8600 |
| Diamed | 8350 |
| Fisher Scientific | 8050 |
| GE Healthcare Biosciences (Radioactive only -- order MUST be signed by Health Physics, MUST be placed by Purchasing, requisitioner CANNOT place own order) |
8051 |
| Invitrogen Canada | 8040 |
| Invitrogen Canada (Bio-bar) | 8990 |
| Lordly Jones (Ingrid Ellis only) | 2150 |
| Perkin-Elmer Life Sciences (Radioactive only -- order MUST be signed by Health Physics, MUST be placed by Purchasing, requisitioner CANNOT place own order) | 8050 |
| Stratagene (Bio-bar) | 8300 |
| VWR International | 8301 |
| VWR (Bio-bar) Located in SJH | 8330 |
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| Health Science Stores
Only
Christina Gulewitsch , ext 24668 |
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| Fisher Scientific | 8816 |
| MBI Fermentas | 8817 |
| Sigma (HSC) | 8048 |
| VWR/Canlab | 8818 |
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| ABB Stores Only
Christina Gulewitsch, ext 24668 |
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| Caledon Laboratories | 3141 |
| Fisher Scientific | 3070 |
| Sigma/Aldrich (order to be placed by Purchasing only) | 5400 |
| VWR/Canlab | 3131 |
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| Hospitality Services | |
| Al's Catering | 9016 |
| Anwah Trading Co | 9031 |
| D. Avnet | 9032 |
| Blight Enterprises Bulk Foods Distributors | 9095 |
| Brewers Retail Inc. | 9058 |
| CSP (formerly Rose & LaFlame) | 9052 |
| Canadian Linen Supply Co. Ltd. | 9045 |
| Canadian Mini Warehouse | 9086 |
| Hung Cheung | 9057 |
| Clearnet | 9051 |
| Coca-Cola Bottling | 9070 |
| Complete Rent-Alls (Hamilton) Ltd. | 9014 |
| Corporate Foods Ltd. (Dempster's) | 9000 |
| George and Joan Drummond (Toronto Star Distributors) | 9012 |
| Ecolab Ltd. | 9090 |
| Bruce Edmeades Sales Ltd. | 9015 |
| Edwards Produce Company | 9039 |
| Elco Fine Foods Inc. | 9084 |
| Jack Fair (Globe and Mail Distributors) | 9074 |
| GFS Canada Inc. | 9010 |
| Heritage Duct Maintenance | 9041 |
| Home Depot | 9026 |
| The Hostess-Frito Lay Co. | 9035 |
| Ice Culture | 9022 |
| JC's Mechanical Service | 9061 |
| J&D Foods | 9098 |
| Lac-Mac Ltd. | 9096 |
| Liquor Control Board of Ontario | 9088 |
| Mark's Work Wearhouse | 9072 |
| Edna Miller Flowers | 9006 |
| Murphy Distributing Ltd. | 9019 |
| National Specialty Cakes | 9008 |
| Nella Cutlery (Hamilton) Inc. | 9020 |
| Nelson Hofer Associates | 9011 |
| Nestle Foodservice | 9050 |
| 967692 Ontario Inc (Tim Hortons) | 9033 |
| Tim Hortons (royalities) | 9108 |
| Organic Resources | 9034 |
| Parks Market | 9103 |
| Pizza Pizza | 9037 |
| Queens Pasta | 9101 |
| Serca Food Services | 9069 |
| Shaw Mobile | 9076 |
| Simplex International | 9001 |
| Sub-Zero Refrigeration Services | 9056 |
| Summit Food Distributors Inc. | 9080 |
| Tim Donut Limited | 9042 |
| 298153 Ontario Ltd. (Castelli Bakery) | 9075 |
| Ultima Foods Inc | 9021 |
| Valentino's Place | 9065 |
| J Valvasori (Financial Post) | 9107 |
| Visual Presentations | 9108 |
| Waffle Plus | 9071 |
| Your Bakery Ltd. | 9066 |
How to do Business at McMaster
October 1996
TO McMASTER UNIVERSITY SUPPLIERS:
SUBJECT: PURCHASE CARD INITIATIVE
McMaster University, in conjunction with McGill University, University of Alberta, University of Toronto and
University of Ottawa (pilot project) are pleased to advise you that we have implemented a Bank of Montreal (B of M)
Purchasing Card program covering our low dollar value purchases of goods and services. The ceiling on these purchases
ranges from $1,000 to $5,000 with ours being set at $2,500/transaction, prior to any extra charges.
We have selected the B of M as our Purchasing Card provider because, in addition to them providing all of the benefits you can expect when you accept MasterCard as a method of payment (see attached summary), they have offered us a means of capturing the transaction details of our purchasing activity with your firm through their "Purchase Plus" software system.
Delivery of purchasing activity transaction details is of the utmost importance to Universities and other institutions in the public and para-public sectors since the majority of the money that we spend, particularly research funds, are considered "public" funds and as such are subject to additional audit by the granting agencies. Though we find that we must implement programs such as the Acquisition Card to help us address customer service and current technology issues, we also find it assists us in meeting budget cuts. In addition, we also find that we cannot give up the requirement of receiving transaction details. B of M Purchasing Card is, at this time, the only program offering us delivery of these essential details.
Depleting resources and budgetary pressures dictate that we have our Acquisition Card program fully implemented as quickly as possible. We hope that you are convinced of the potential benefits of the MasterCard Purchasing Card/Purchase Plus program and that we can work together to make it a widely accepted payment mechanism for future McMaster University purchases.
We thank you in advance for your support of our new Acquisition Card program and look forward to your participation, as a preferred supplier, in this initiative. I would appreciate some feedback at your convenience.
Yours sincerely,
Purchasing Resources
Purchasing Card (Acquisition Card) Program
- Summary Listing of Supplier Benefits
As a supplier who accepts the Acquisition Card you will gain a broad range of advantages. These include:
- Acceleration of Cash Collection
- Reduction of Credit Risk
- Reduced Clerical Activity
- Service to Existing Customer Base
- Expansion of Customer Base
Acceleration of Cash Collection - Rather than receiving payment 30 to 60 days after the sales, cash is received within one to three days. Reduction of Credit Risk - For transactions paid for by the Acquisition Card, credit risk is shifted from you the supplier to the card issuer. We, as your customer, are liable to repay the card issuer, not you. Reduced Clerical Activity - Clerical activities associated with traditional purchasing mechanisms are significantly reduced in four areas: credit, collections, billing and payment.
| Credit - You will save the time and cost associated with performing credit checks on your customers who pay with the Acquisition Card. As Acquisition Card use expands to include a large number of small-to-medium sized businesses, so will the savings. | |
| Collection - By accepting Acquisition Cards you will no longer need to perform activities to collect past-due accounts. Acquisition Cards will eliminate the non-value-adding effort and costs associated with calling and letter writing to collect past-due accounts. In addition, you will no longer incur fees to collection agencies, and accounting and administrative work associated with bad debt estimation will be eliminated. Indeed, bad debt itself will be eliminated with the use of Acquisition Cards. | |
| Billing - By accepting Acquisition Cards, fewer invoices will be processed, which will result in less work to post to accounts receivable, prepare mailings and file paperwork. Naturally, the number of forms processed and postage costs will be reduced. In addition, your accounts receivable personnel will no longer need to track and accumulate purchases made under blanket purchase order authorization. Similar to our savings in our payables processes this is the area, your billing/receivables processes, where you can expect significant savings from adopting the Acquisition Card. | |
| Payment - Fewer invoices mean less time spent in receiving and reconciling to our remittances, applying cash, posting checks and making deposits. |
Service Existing Customer Base - By accepting Acquisition Cards your firm will position itself to maintain your business relationship with existing accounts that implement Acquisition Card programs.
Expansion of Customer Base - By accepting Acquisition Cards your company may experience increased sales, as buyers shift purchases from suppliers who will accept Acquisition Cards to card-capable vendors.