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Preferred Contract Suppliers

Purchasing Services negotiates and implements university-wide contract pricing agreements that will provide the University with "least total cost" for products and services required by Penn faculty and staff from external suppliers. These formal supplier contract pricing agreements are the result of strategic sourcing initiatives that have been negotiated to take advantage of the University's significant buying power. Penn faculty and staff are required to utilize Preferred Contract Suppliers in accordance with "Financial Policy #2306 - Contract Compliance".

Product/Service Supplier Name Supplier # Contact Name Phone Number
Animals ULAR Approved Contract Suppliers ULAR
Animals, Care & Research Abbott Laboratories 52083 Keith Skinner (610) 399-5384
Animals, Care & Research General Econopak 47667 Kaaron Ruza (215) 763-8200
Animals, Feed & Bedding Animal Specialties and Provisions 124457 Deborah Benner (215) 804-0144
Appliances HD Supply Facilities Maintenance 409259 Sheila Schnellenberger (703) 629-7574
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies Advanced Audio Visual Sales 48977 Veronica Loch (610) 431-6171
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies Carlick Imaging 274608 Jeff Yapalater (800) 660-1450
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies RoData Incorporated 151778 Eric Kipnis (215) 702-3133
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies Taylor Technology Inc. 51372 Joe Taylor, Jr. (215) 357-9370
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies Total Video Products 48739 Lenny Digangi (856) 423-7400, x209
Audiovisual, Equipment & Supplies Visual Sound Inc. 51565 Ted Sheppard (484) 614-3657
Audiovisual, Equipment, Services & Supplies Cenero 245172 Rob Gilfillan (610) 368-3119
Audiovisual, Photographic, Equipment & Supplies B&H Photo 49271 Ilana Kataeva (800) 947-8003, x2459
Chemicals Sigma Aldrich 75590 Dhruv Wadhwa (610) 212-7147
Chemicals, Non-Radioactive GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences 342251 Bill Pilgermayer (800) 526-3593, x5347
Computer Maint., Micro Penn Computer Fixer 108903 Colleen Britt (215) 629-5700/10
Computer Maint., Unix, SUN Sun Microsystems, Inc. 53001 Stephani Demille (510) 574-5728
Computer, Accessories Crucial Technologies 77135 Mike Conorack (800) 336-8896, x35653
Computer, Accessories, Imaging Allied Data Suppliers & Services 174716 Pat Finnigan (856) 241-2000
Computer, Accessories, PC & Laptop Tiger Corporate Direct 52959 Ernesto Ow (888) 388-4437
Computer, Apple Apple Computers, Inc. 47014 Pete Bernard (215) 439-1666
Computer, Data Recovery Services Drivesavers Incorporated 47471 Doreen Griffiths (800) 440-1904
Computer, Dell Dell 49726 Faith Ingles (800) 981-3355, x7260803
Computer, Equipment & Supplies Acme Microsystems 293427 Lily Huang (510) 226-6778, x166
Computer, Equipment & Supplies CDW Government 134345 Paul Huzi (800) 508-2394, x87053
Computer, Equipment & Supplies GovConnection 222459 Mary Ellen Montplaisir (888) 294-0260
Computer, Equipment & Supplies Incentra Solutions 410882 Rich Holt (609) 432-3098
Computer, Gateway Gateway 2000, Inc. 53000 Jeff Sparr (800) 779-2000, x25910
Computer, HP Hewlett Packard Co. 54117 Chris Kelley (412) 695-4064
Computer, Servers Arraya Solutions 237786 Jeff Bergstrom (610) 229-6234, x202
Computer, Servers IBM 50162 Tim Smith (267) 261-4944
Computer, Software, Supplies & Services DLT Solutions Incorporated 190694 Jeremy Ozias (877) 742-8358
Computer, ThinkPad & ThinkCentre Lenovo Group 309642 Fred Tafoya (800) 405-6883, x6470
Computer, Versalign Versalign, Inc. 191887 Jeff Bryers (302) 467-4445
Conferencing, Audience Response Services Turning Technologies 329171 Megan Reed (330) 884-6079
Copier, IKON IKON Office Solutions 52944 Ed Sasinowski (610) 382-6094
Copying, Quick Print Services FedEx Kinko's 299630 Annie Pierson (484) 410-9520
Corning Science Products EMSCO 47533 Rich Balak (215) 477-5601
Dental, Equipment & Supplies Henry Schein Incorporated 54376 Karen Finnegan (800) 488-6113, x3049
Dental, Lab Services Collins Ceramic Dental Laboratory 47306 James Collins (215) 677-1070
Dental, Lab Services Hackman Dental Labs 305668 John Hackman (215) 221-8200
Dental, Lab Services Muth & Mumma Dental Laboratory 50651 Bob Albrecht (800) 932-0584
Dental, Lab Services Newtech Dental Laboratories 174762 Seuag Lee (215) 699-8861
Dental, Lab Services Pinnacle Dental Laboratory 303020 Eileen Fuentis (856) 845-1044
Dental, Lab Services Stoneybrook Noble Gold 322602 Perry Marrazzo (267) 566-4932
Dental, Supplies SS White Burs 55451 Alan Dumais (800) 535-2877
Dry Ice Airgas Dry Ice 398771 Ted Henritzy (215) 378-2385
Education American Management Association 49095 Kate Holland (212) 586-8100
Electrical Communication Graybar 50046 Al Tedeso (215) 218-2492
Electronic Supplies & Services Newark InOne 275729 Patti Mastrojohn (215) 396-5150, x87503
Facsimile, Equipment Alpha Office Supplies 46950 Lin Thomas (800) 966-2123
Facsimile, Equipment IKON Office Solutions 52944 Ed Sasinowski (610) 382-6094
Fuel, Heating Oil & Services F.C. Haab Company, Inc. 47571 Mike Burke (215) 563-0800
Furniture, Laboratory Celtech Incorporated 153004 Lee Federline (856) 751-8222
Furniture, Laboratory, Fisher Hamilton Thoma Inc. 169064 Bob Fyock (610) 376-7001
Furniture, Laboratory, Kewaunee & Labconco EMSCO 47533 Rich Balak (215) 477-5601
Furniture, Office, Haworth & KI Covington Office Products 76058 Julie Schwarz (215) 625-4977, x26
Furniture, Office, Herman Miller Spectrum 280069 Larry Segal (610) 354-0300, x3224
Furniture, Office, Kimball Advanced Furniture Services 278668 Kirsten Ullmann (215) 293-0500
Furniture, Office, Knoll Advanced Office Environments 54175 Michelle Eife (215) 561-8765
Furniture, Office, Lizell Lizell 104578 Gary Nichter (215) 855-1725
Furniture, Office, Steelcase Corporate Interiors 55096 Eric Elliott (610) 994-1349
Furniture, Office, Used, Remanufactured & Rentals Source One 218029 David Steinbrecher (856) 428-6902
Gases, Industrial & Medical Airgas East Incorporated 246107 Rich Cross (866) 437-4248
Genetic Analysis Illumina 271475 Lara Toerien (610) 325-0374
Laboratory, Animals Charles River Laboratory 158180 ULAR (978) 658-6000
Laboratory, BD Discovery Labware EMSCO 47533 Rich Balak (215) 477-5601
Laboratory, BD Discovery Labware Fisher Scientific 51793 Colleen Wurtenberg (215) 898-9186
Laboratory, Centrifuges Kendro Lab Products 128986 David Lederhandler (610) 299-4174
Laboratory, Chemicals & Reagents Open Biosystems Incorporated 263484 Bill Morrison (302) 650-0100
Laboratory, Chemicals & Related Products Spectrum Chemical & Laboratory Products 60437 Kenneth Guerino (800) 772-8766, x651
Laboratory, Environmental Services Micro-Clean Incorporated 158690 Mickey Berrios (800) 523-9852, x236
Laboratory, Equipment Labrepco 47996 Dave Edling (215) 499-8554
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies A. Daigger & Co. 55694 Aramis Torris (973) 262-2328
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Agilent Technologies 160042 Anjou Keller (888) 202-9878
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Beckman Coulter 129666 Kathy Maclin (800) 742-2345, Option #1 Sales
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies BioSupplies, Inc. 221647 Tom Johnson (202) 244-1820
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Clontech 52981 Bob Kane (800) 662-2566, x7725
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Dot Scientific 47465 Steve Wright (484) 529-5922
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies EMSCO 47533 Rich Balak (215) 477-5601
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Fisher Scientific 51793 Colleen Wurtenberg (215) 898-9186
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences 342251 Bill Pilgermayer (800) 526-3593, x5347
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies ISC BioExpress 215258 Erik Gonzalez (800) 288-2901, x332
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Leica Microsystems 124582 Jessica Calafati (800) 248-0665, x5043
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Molecular Devices Corporation 63467 Mike Duvinski (610) 639-5085
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies National Diagnostics 53952 Beverly Vanover (800) 526-3867
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies NuGEN Technologies Incorporated 292972 Anne Smith (484) 620-9530
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Sanyo Commercial Solutinos 364009 Susan Cassanelli (610) 639-1678
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Steris Corporation 69479 David Knauer (800) 989-7575, x23235
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies ThermoForma 193843 Tim McMurray (215) 460-0827
Laboratory, Equipment & Supplies Waters Corporation 51593 Nancy Resteghini (508) 482-8615
Laboratory, Equipment, Scientific Instruments Varian Incorporated 167534 Shawn David Roberts (800) 936-3000, x5531
Laboratory, GeneChip Arrays & Software Affymetrix 90805 John Cigolini (408) 439-1680
Laboratory, Instrumentation Shimadzu Scientific 67959 Stephanie Rosenberg (800) 477-1227, x1675
Laboratory, Instruments World Precision Instruments 48911 Allan Perry (941) 993-9857
Laboratory, Microscopes B&B Microscopes 224768 Brian Miller (888) 726-7370, x172
Laboratory, Microscopes Carl Zeiss, Inc. 52971 Robert Tonner (800) 543-1033, x6056
Laboratory, Microscopes Optical Apparatus Co. 52523 Kristen Kelley (800) 648-6622, x30
Laboratory, Reagents AbD Serotec 79214 Marcy Karns (800) 265-7376
Laboratory, Reagents BioGenex Laboratories, Inc. 49335 Ray Zane (800) 421-4149
Laboratory, Solvents & Alcohol Pharmco Products 56776 Nancy Smith (203) 740-5031
Laboratory, VWR Proprietary Products EMSCO 47533 Rich Balak (215) 477-5601
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies American Type Cultures Collection 52121 John Dzialowy (703) 365-2700, x2705
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies AnaSpec Incorporated 46990 Violeta Rajkovska (800) 452-5530, x45
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Applied Biosystems 80378 Lisa Edwards (800) 248-0281/7581
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies BD Biosciences 246422 Timothy Stewart (800) 451-4557, x1017
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies BioLegend 285802 Amy Lee (858) 455-9588, x309
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Bio-Rad Laboratories 52168 Steve Cotterman (800) 876-3425, x8506
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies BioSource International 47132 Kyle Miller (858) 229-9363
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Bruker Biospin Corporation 214101 George Anastasi (302) 836-9066
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Cambridge Isotope Laboratories 47204 Liz Adams (978) 749-8000
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Cell Signaling Technology 167454 Sam Rivera (978) 867-2300
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Covance Research Products 80277 Jessica Humphreys (800) 345-4114
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Denville Scientific Products 271499 Theresa Rusch (800) 377-7900
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Dharmacon Incorporated 138700 Susan Cooper (215) 681-5186
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies EMD Chemicals, Inc. 275878 Adrienne Gliba-Barrett (888) 854-9414, x5025
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Fermentas Incorporated 179803 Jennifer Houtz (800) 340-9026, x521
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Invitrogen Corp. 50263 Orlando January (800) 955-6288, x61362
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Miltenyi Biotec 54761 Susan Bowman-Sapp (877) 345-7382
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies New England Biolabs 52508 Joseph Bonventre (978) 927-5054, x218
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies PeproTech 48336 Dawn Huxley (800) 436-9910, x123
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Qiagen 48442 Allisan Kadish (800) 426-8157, x22319
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Quality Biological Incorporated 52596 Yohannes Adall (800) 443-9331
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies R&D Systems 48448 Rebecca Sebasky (800) 343-7475, x8833
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Roche Diagnostics 224972 Colin Murray (800) 845-7355, x28012
Life Sciences, Equipment & Supplies Vector Laboratories 51539 Judy Decker (650) 697-3600
Life Sciences, Supplies & Chemicals Gemini Bio-Products 47661 Matt Whitcomb (800) 543-6464, x3056