Sourcing Projects Update
The following projects are in process; please contact Gary Como (216-325-0415 or gcomo@corporateunited.com) if you would like to learn more about the progress of these initiatives.

Packaging Supplies
The packaging supplies project is in the final stages of supplier selection and negotiation. The team has met in person with the final two suppliers and incorporated the evaluation of their respective offerings for janitorial supplies, which the committee decided to include after hearing from the suppliers in November. Each committee member is currently evaluating the individual impacts associated with each prospective supplier. Committee members will begin implementation of the contract once the category is awarded. The contract should be available to our members in Q2.

Drug Testing and Background Checks
The drug testing and background checks sourcing committee proceeded on schedule and pared down the eight bidding suppliers to two finalists. The final two suppliers were selected by the committee based on refined pricing and the depth of their specific capabilities. Committee members met at Corporate United’s Cleveland office at the end of February to review presentations by the remaining contenders. Both of the finalists boast aggressive pricing, broad service capabilities and international support. The sourcing team expects to roll out the contract to the membership in Q2.

Pharmacy Benefits Management
Corporate United’s sourcing team and the member sourcing committee have been working diligently to select a provider for Corporate United’s pharmacy benefits management (PBM) category offering. The group met at BAE Systems’ headquarters in Rockville, Maryland on February 23 to hear finalist presentations. As we finalize the sourcing initiative and wrap up the new agreement, we encourage all our members to begin organizing their data, so they will be prepared to conduct an assessment of the new PBM agreement. Our ability to aggregate the covered lives and knowledge resident within the group assures us the agreement will provide a best-in-class PBM contract for our membership. The new agreement will become effective on January 1, 2011, and open enrollment takes place August through October of this year.