WELCOME TO THE VIRTUAL TRADE SHOW!
These Sponsors and Exhibitors will be at the 2010 Trade Show at the National Purchasing Institute's Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV on October 26, 2010. They would like to share their infomation with you. Please call them or visit their websites listed below.
PLATINUM SPONSOR

The National Joint Powers Alliance® (NJPA) is a national municipal contracting agency directed to establish and provide purchasing contracts on behalf of its member agencies. The contracts are leveraged and competitively solicited on behalf of all government, education and non profit entities nationally. There is no cost for membership.
GOLD SPONSORS

The Hartford, a Fortune 100 company, is one of the nation's largest financial services and insurance companies. The Hartford is a leading provider of investment products, life insurance and group benefits; automobile and homeowners products; and business property and casualty insurance. Visit us: www.thehartford.com or email Sheila.Wiatr@hartfordlife.com

TCPN is the nation’s most respected governmental purchasing cooperative that has been assisting education, and state & local governments optimize efficiency, get the biggest bang for their budget, and stay compliant since 1997. See what the purchasing power of over 5,000 governmental entities working together can do for you. www.TCPN.org

The Home Depot® is the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer with stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, 10 Canadian provinces, Mexico and China.
The Home Depot® offers customized cost reduction solutions that target and meet the evolving needs of specific professional customers involved in government, residential and commercial construction and facilities maintenance.
www.homedepot.com email: keith_vos@homedepot.com
EXHIBITORS

All Vend Management is a Vending Management Company that provides vending programs and equipment to retail, commercial, industrial, educational, healthcare and government facilities nation wide. All Vend is a one-stop shop for businesses that have a vast array of vending needs.
website: www.allvend.com
contact: DonLeverett@allvend.com

We deliver maintenance, repair and operations supplies for multifamily, educational, and state and local government customers. With our team of experts focused on public agencies, we offer the products, services and support you need most along with freight-free, next-day delivery on most items to most areas.
Website: www.hdsupplysolutions.com
HGACBuy is a nationwide government to government cooperative purchasing program. All contracts have been awarded by a public competitive procurement process. Products and services range from fire apparatus to emergency preparedness equipment. HGACBuy streamlines the government purchasing process making it easy for our members to get exactly what they need while saving time and money!

Ion Wave Technologies, Inc. provides eProcurement solutions such as Electronic Bidding, Supplier Management, Contract Management and supplies Contract Catalogs.
- Purchasing Solutions Alliance Cooperative | Contract 08-102
- HCDE Cooperative | Contract RFP 08/035DG-02
Website: www.ionwave.net

National IPA is a national cooperative purchasing program for public and non-profit agencies. All agreements are publicly solicited and awarded by a public agency through a competitive RFP process, and are available to participating agencies for "piggyback". There is no fee to participate and utilize the contract portfolio. Please visit www.nationalipa.org or contact Wayne Casper, C.P.M., CPPO, wayne.casper@nationalipa.org.

National Office Furniture crafts high quality, stylish office furniture at exceptional affordability. National prides itself in offering personal attention, customer focused thinking and a strong commitment to environmental responsibility. National’s goal is to deliver confidence and inspire ideas in office furniture that fit every style and personality. For more information visit: www.NationalOfficeFurniture.com email Marketing@NationalOfficeFurniture.com
National Purchasing Partners (NPP) is a group purchasing organization offering access to an aggressively priced contract portfolio with world class suppliers. Owned by a nationally acclaimed non-profit medical center, we pride ourselves on peer-to-peer relationship practices with local associations to efficiently and successfully grow business for our vendor partners.
Website: www.mynpp.com

Periscope Holdings offers BuySpeed, an extraordinary eProcurement software suite specifically created for the Public sector. We serve as custodian of the NIGP Commodity/Service Code and provide comprehensive services to help make the most of technology that enhance the procurement processes.
Our mission is to save an organization money while enhancing transparency.

Public Sourcing Solutions (PSS), a division of Educational & Institutional Cooperative Purchasing, is a not-for-profit cooperative purchasing organization dedicated to bringing contract savings and efficiencies to public entities. In conjunction with lead public agencies, PSS develops easy-access, competitively bid agreements that leverage the collective purchasing power of the public sector.

Quest Diagnostics drug testing and wellness solutions help employers reduce their cost and risk while improving employee health and safety.
Products include urine, hair and oral-fluid drug tests, instant drug tests, nationwide collection services, electronic ordering and reporting, and a wide assortment of employee wellness programs. We customize a suite of products and services to meet your company's unique hiring needs, allowing for faster more informed hiring and employee wellness decisions.
www.employersolutions.com
800-877-7484

Staples is committed to making it easy for our customers around the globe to buy a wide arrange of office products, including supplies, technology, furniture, facilities, and business services.
www.staplesadvantage.com

The Gordian Group works with facility and infrastructure owners to develop and implement highly effective, customized Job Order Contracting (JOC) programs. Our award winning products and services are #1 in the industry because of the high level of detail in our locally priced Construction Task Catalog®, the accountability and transparency of our JOC management software, and our twenty years of experience of specializing in JOC.
http://www.gordian-group.com

The Public Group is a premier provider of online software and services designed specifically for government agencies. Our products include Public Surplus-Online Auctions, Public Purchase-eProcurement, Public Contract-Contract Management, Public Vendor-Online Registration and more! Let us show you how we can improve your processes by going online.