Common use of Business Essentials Clause in Contracts

Business Essentials. Staples can help participating Members search for a better way. We fulfill the essentials for teams to be more productive, more organized and more inspired. We carry everything from copy paper to smart phones and accessories, with a wide selection of green and MWBE products. • Facility Solutions – We know that results matter. We can work with participating Members to provide a clean, efficient and seamlessly stocked workspace. Our Facility Solutions offering includes a wide selection of products from best-in-class manufacturers, including Diversey, GOJO, Georgia-Pacific, Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and Rubbermaid. Our exclusive BluPrint™ site assessment tool helps to analyze participating Members’ facilities operations to offer cost saving recommendations. • Furniture Solutions – We can work with participating Members on their journey to create a productive, collaborative environment with inspired workspaces through our products, technology, people and services. Our Furniture Solutions offering provides access to more than 250 best-in-class manufacturers, including Allsteel, HON, Global and National. • Print & Marketing Services – We can create custom print essentials and high- quality products through our expertise and technology. Every year, we handle more than 396,000 print jobs. It is clear customers are already choosing Staples as their trusted print provider. • Technology Solutions – We offer differentiated and thoughtfully designed tech products and exclusive brands. Our Technology Solutions offering includes a wide selection of products from everyday tech and data center solutions to printer fleet management and network services. With more than 1,000 vendors and suppliers, we offer more than one million items delivered nationwide. • Breakroom Solutions – We can help participating Members create a more connected and inspired workspace with a complete breakroom experience. From coffee and coffee brewers to water coolers, cutlery and snacks, the wide variety of products we offer in this category continues to match the needs of every generation in the workforce. Our breakroom specialists are ready to analyze your space and provide cost saving recommendations. • Pack & Ship Solutions – We can unlock advancements through our products, people and supply chain. We can help keep your operations running smoothly. From sourcing package-specific tape to helping lower your damage rate, our Pack & Ship Specialists partner with you to drive efficiency in your participating Members’ operations. • Staples Promotional Products – With more than one million products plus well- cultivated relationships with a global supply network, Staples can help participating Members create unique branded solutions for all their buying needs. * 9 What are your company’s expectations in the event of an award? Our expectation is to build on our already strong and dynamic partnership, and to continue to drive tremendous value, efficiencies and savings to existing and future Sourcewell Members. Our hope is that many more Sourcewell Members will join the thousands of existing participating Members currently enjoying the benefits that our Sourcewell awarded contracts offer. Our goal is to enhance our value in becoming a true sustainable resource for your Members, providing industry intelligence, advice and research collateral to further supplement the products/services we have offered in the past. Our expectation is to continue the trend of exponential sales growth year over year that we have experienced as a contract award holder for the past 15 years. * 10 Demonstrate your financial strength and stability with meaningful data. This could include such items as financial statements, SEC filings, credit and bond ratings, letters of credit, and detailed reference letters. Upload supporting documents (as applicable) in the document upload section of your response. Staples represents that it has the financial resources available to perform its obligations under an agreement reached between Staples and Sourcewell. Please see Attachment 1 for Staples’ Bank and Trade References. Staples became a private company in 2017 and no longer publicly reports our financial information. Staples can provide limited financial information directly to Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Executive Director & CEO at Sourcewell, once we have a current, fully executed Non-Disclosure Agreement in place. If provided, please note that our financial information would be considered Trade Secret. * 11 What is your US market share for the solutions that you are proposing? Staples’ leading financial position allows the company to invest in its business, expand its products and services and provide customers with the confidence of working with a strong and stable supplier. We have programs that fit every size organization, across all industries. As a private company, Staples considers our market position confidential, however, Staples serves more than 2.5 million small, mid- size and commercial enterprise business customers, including many of the largest and most trusted companies and institutions in the U.S. * 12 What is your Canadian market share, if any? Please see our response to Question 11 above. * 13 Has your business ever petitioned for bankruptcy protection? If so, explain in detail. No. Staples Contract & Commercial LLC has never been the subject of a bankruptcy action. *

Business Essentials. Staples can help participating Members search for a better way. We fulfill the essentials for teams to be more productive, more organized and more inspired. We carry everything from copy paper to smart phones and accessories, with a wide selection of green and MWBE products. • Facility Solutions – We know that results matter. We can work with participating Members to provide a clean, efficient and seamlessly stocked workspace. Our Facility Solutions offering includes a wide selection of products from best-in-class manufacturers, including Diversey, GOJO, Georgia-Pacific, Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx and Rubbermaid. Our exclusive BluPrint™ site assessment tool helps to analyze participating Members’ ' facilities operations to offer cost saving recommendations. • Furniture Solutions – We can work with participating Members on their journey to create a productive, collaborative environment with inspired workspaces through our products, technology, people and services. Our Furniture Solutions offering provides access to more than 250 best-in-class manufacturers, including Allsteel, HON, Global and National. • Print & Marketing Services – We can create custom print essentials and high- quality products through our expertise and technology. Every year, we handle more than 396,000 print jobs. It is clear customers are already choosing Staples as their trusted print provider. • Technology Solutions – We offer differentiated and thoughtfully designed tech products and exclusive brands. Our Technology Solutions offering includes a wide selection of products from everyday tech and data center solutions to printer fleet management and network services. With more than 1,000 vendors and suppliers, we offer more than one million items delivered nationwide. • Breakroom Solutions – We can help participating Members create a more connected and inspired workspace with a complete breakroom experience. From coffee and coffee brewers to water coolers, cutlery and snacks, the wide variety of products we offer in this category continues to match the needs of every generation in the workforce. Our breakroom specialists are ready to analyze your space and provide cost saving recommendations. • Pack & Ship Solutions – We can unlock advancements through our products, people and supply chain. We can help keep your operations running smoothly. From sourcing package-specific tape to helping lower your damage rate, our Pack & Ship Specialists partner with you to drive efficiency in your participating Members’ ' operations. • Staples Promotional Products – With more than one million products plus well- cultivated relationships with a global supply network, Staples can help participating Members create unique branded solutions for all their buying needs. * 9 What are your company’s 's expectations in the event of an award? Our expectation is to build on our already strong and dynamic partnership, and to continue to drive tremendous value, efficiencies and savings to existing and future Sourcewell Members. Our hope is that many more Sourcewell Members will join the thousands of existing participating Members currently enjoying the benefits that our Sourcewell awarded contracts offer. Our goal is to enhance our value in becoming a true sustainable resource for your Members, providing industry intelligence, advice and research collateral to further supplement the products/services we have offered in the past. Our expectation is to continue the trend of exponential sales growth year over year that we have experienced as a contract award holder for the past 15 years. * 10 Demonstrate your financial strength and stability with meaningful data. This could include such items as financial statements, SEC filings, credit and bond ratings, letters of credit, and detailed reference letters. Upload supporting documents (as applicable) in the document upload section of your response. Staples represents that it has the financial resources available to perform its obligations under an agreement reached between Staples and Sourcewell. Please see Attachment 1 for Staples’ ' Bank and Trade References. Staples became a private company in 2017 and no longer publicly reports our financial information. Staples can provide limited financial information directly to Xx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Executive Director & CEO at Sourcewell, once we have a current, fully executed Non-Disclosure Agreement in place. If provided, please note that our financial information would be considered Trade Secret. * 11 What is your US market share for the solutions that you are proposing? Staples’ ' leading financial position allows the company to invest in its business, expand its products and services and provide customers with the confidence of working with a strong and stable supplier. We have programs that fit every size organization, across all industries. As a private company, Staples considers our market position confidential, however, Staples serves more than 2.5 million small, mid- size and commercial enterprise business customers, including many of the largest and most trusted companies and institutions in the U.S. * 12 What is your Canadian market share, if any? Please see our response to Question 11 above. * 13 Has your business ever petitioned for bankruptcy protection? If so, explain in detail. No. Staples Contract & Commercial LLC has never been the subject of a bankruptcy action. *