Item 09 - Award Blanket Order Contracts to HD Supply, Snap -on, WESCO Distribution Inc., and White Cap, LP

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 4BDC617B-C22E-4B4A-8057-C42295F83EC5 of workers (full-time equivalents) involved in each sector, whether these workers are your direct employees (or eEiNhToAa third party), and any overlap between the sales and service functions. Item Question Response* 26 Sales force. White Cap has a sales force over 2000 outside and inside sales associates with additional associates in Canada (under the Brafasco brand). Our sales force is trained and expected to call on and service any Sourcewell members within their assigned territories across the nation. Robust sales reporting exactly in line with Sourcewell requirements has been and will continue to be submitted before the quarterly deadlines. 27 Dealer network or other distribution White Cap has no dealer network. Our company has more than 450 locations in methods. U.S. and Canada (under the Brafasco brand) along with a vast fleet of delivery trucks to provide next day delivery. We are able to support Sourcewell members with what they need, where they need it and when they need it, utilizing our own company owned resources. This gives us much better control of the overall distribution process from start to finish. 28 Service force. White Cap has a team of more than 9000 direct employees that you can rely on for professional service and solutions. We bring comprehensive knowledge of facility MRO, Federal, State and Local government, concrete, tilt -up, bridge, highway, grading, waterproofing, residential and commercial construction practices to provide the expertise you expect. All associates are trained on sales even though their primary function may be servicing customers in an operational role. 29 Describe the ordering process. If orders From hard -to -find products to technical expertise to jobsite training, White Cap will be handled by distributors, dealers or supports professional government customers and contractors in non-residential, others, explain the respective roles of the residential and infrastructure end markets with everything they need to keep their Proposer and others. projects moving on time, on budget, and as safely as possible. As the leading North American distributor for professional contractors, the White Cap family consists of multiple brands in the U.S. and Canada. White Cap operates more than 450 branches across North America with more than 9,000 employees supporting approximately 200,000 customers across 15 construction trades. Our ordering process is dictated by how the customer prefers to buys from us. We offer counter and will call service through our branches. We offer online ordering through www.whitecap.com. We also offer traditional phone, fax and/or email service for facilitating orders. As a plus, we have a dedicated government sales team for our Sourcewell customers to provide them with extra special service. This team will also handle the orders that come in through the BUY SOURCEWELL ecommerce platform that will soon be launching. White Cap is already set up with Equall-evel with a top tier profile having a Punchout (GO) store. We are ready and eager to support this program. 30 Describe in detail the process and For shipping orders, our delivery commitment for standard stock products shipped to procedure of your customer service our customers is typically next day delivery for customers located within 35 miles of program, if applicable. Include your one of our 271 branches nationwide. In this scenario, we will use our fleet of response -time capabilities and company -owned delivery trucks. Normal, standard transit times will apply should we commitments, as well as any incentives have to send via an alternate carrier (UPS, Fed Ex, etc.) or freight line. We also that help your providers meet your stated have a centralized logistics team that handles any special requests and negotiates service goals or promises. freight rates so we can pass these savings onto our customers and further differentiate White Cap from the competition. For will call orders called into one of our branches, the expectation is that the order will be ready for pick up within 2 hours from the time of placing the order. 31 Describe your ability and willingness to White Cap is in a class of its own as the only national construction supplier on the provide your products and services to market today offering professional type products and services. This is very important Sourcewell participating entities in the as we can attest that many existing Sourcewell members are signing up with our United States. company for our strong product offerings under the program. Our large national footprint, dedicated and owned fleet of trucks, extensive inventory, no charge training and expertise and many other offerings, set us apart from our competition and any others vendors on any of the national cooperative purchasing programs today. We eagerly desire to continue to partner with Sourcewell as our first choice and only contract vehicle into the state and local (SLED) government market. 32 Describe your ability and willingness to White Cap has a separate Canadian entity called Brafasco which proudly operates provide your products and services to across Canada with 42 Branches, over 200 Associates, over 15,000 SKUs, superior Sourcewell participating entities in Canada. delivery and services. Brafaso operates under White Cap Supply Canada Inc. along with National Concrete Accessories and Brock White Canada. We are very willing to provide our products and services to Sourcewell (Canoe) member agencies in Canada utilizing the Canoe program. Brafasco will dictate its own pricing and delivery terms. Following is a link to Brafasco's website: https://brafasco.com/ 33 Identify any geographic areas of the United We have a national presence and all geographic areas of the United States and States or Canada that you will NOT be Canada can be fully serviced. fully serving through the proposed contract. Bid Number: RFP 091422 Vendor Name: White Cap, LP