U.S. Communities Partners with SciQuest to Deliver Unparalleled Savings to Public...

U.S. Communities Partners with SciQuest to Deliver Unparalleled Savings to
Public Agencies and Institutions
SciQuest's Eprocurement Platform Offers Government Purchasing Alliance's
Participants an Intuitive Solution for Driving Spending to Preferred Contracts

CARY, N.C., July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- SciQuest, Inc., the global leader
empowering enterprises to realize the potential of strategic procurement,
today announced that U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance (U.S.
Communities), a nonprofit instrumentality of government that assists local and
state government agencies, school districts, higher education and nonprofit
organizations pool their purchasing power nationwide, has partnered with the
company.
Through this partnership, select U.S. Communities' supplier contracts that
have been competitively solicited by a lead public agency will be available
via the SciQuest Supplier Network. Participating agencies that implement
SciQuest's procurement automation solutions will be able to access U.S.
Communities' contracts through an intuitive online shopping environment that
integrates all of the agency's supplier contracts onto a single platform and
enables users to make all of their purchases through one system.
"We provide a forum for public sector and nonprofit organizations to
realize the savings that stem from these competitively solicited contracts
with the combined purchasing power of our participants," said Chris Mellis,
program manager of U.S. Communities. "SciQuest's online shopping environment
is user-friendly and automates the entire purchasing process. With this
technology, it will now be easier than ever to take advantage of U.S.
Communities' contracts."
U.S. Communities has more than 33,000 participating public agencies and
over 400 new organizations register to participate each month. SciQuest's
suite of eprocurement solutions will provide a powerful and intuitive way for
participating agencies to drive spending to all of their cost-saving contracts
through a single environment for every agency purchase.
"We are excited that SciQuest is now a U.S. Communities partner because it
will enable Emory to further leverage the cost and process efficiencies we've
gained from our SciQuest eprocurement solution with the savings that U.S.
Communities' contracts deliver," said David Thurston, associate vice president
for financial operations at Emory University. "It is the ideal plug-and-play
scenario for optimizing procurement, dropping a wide range of contracts
negotiated by U.S. Communities into Emory's private marketplace that's powered
by SciQuest."
U.S. Communities' participating agencies spend more than $1.3 billion each
year on goods and services purchased through its contracts with world-class
suppliers like AutoZone, Haworth, HD Supply Facilities Maintenance, Herman
Miller, Office Depot and its technology division Tech Depot, Sportime, and
Virco. This partnership will benefit agencies and suppliers alike. SciQuest's
ability to bring spending under management and drive purchases to on-contract
items helps participating suppliers secure a greater share of the market and
realize process efficiencies.
SciQuest's eprocurement solutions are designed to enable all individuals
across an organization to make purchases easily and quickly on a system that
gives procurement and financial professionals unprecedented real-time
visibility into organization-wide spending. Among U.S. Communities'
participants, purchases of this kind are often only exceeded by payroll and
spending on capital projects.
"In today's challenging economic environment, government agencies,
academic institutions and nonprofit organizations are under unprecedented
pressure to stretch the value of their financial resources," said Stephen
Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest. "This partnership will enable U.S.
Communities' participants to utilize a system that encourages the user
participation and adoption required to realize the full potential of
negotiated contracts."
For a limited time, SciQuest is offering an Early Bird Discount for U.S.
Communities' participating agencies that are interested in taking immediate
advantage of the SciQuest and U.S. Communities partnership. For more
information, please visit SciQuest in Booth 611 on U.S. Communities Street at
the NIGP Annual Forum, July 28-29 in Charlotte, N.C., or contact your SciQuest
account executive.
About SciQuest, Inc.
SciQuest's procurement automation and supplier enablement solutions
empower leading organizations to realize the potential of strategic
procurement. The company's specialized knowledge, on-demand software, and
service-first approach enable public and private enterprises across the globe
to manage spend, drive ROI, and advance their critical missions.
SciQuest's deep understanding of its served vertical markets combined with
a broad supplier network and intuitive, online shopping experience increase
user and contract adoption while improving operational efficiencies. Through
software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment, organizations can quickly implement
the right eprocurement solution to augment existing ERP investments or fully
enable all aspects of purchasing from sourcing to settlement.
For more information about SciQuest, please visit http://www.sciQuest.com
or call 877-710-0413 in the U.S. or +44 1794 341182 in Europe.
SciQuest is a registered trademark of SciQuest, Inc. Other trademarks
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SciQuest media contact:
Ken Phillips
Davies Murphy Group
781-418-2437
kphillips@daviesmurphy.com

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