TO: All Departments
FROM: Tim Thornton, Director of Purchasing
DATE: March 26, 2018
SUBJECT: AWARDED VENDORS FOR PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS, MONOGRAMMED, SCREEN PRINTED, & EMBROIDERED APPAREL, AND AWARDS OF RECOGNITION AND/OR MERIT BID

The Purchasing Department released a new bid solicitation, Bid No. 2K18-13B, for promotional products, monogrammed, screen printed, and embroidered apparel, and awards of recognition and/or merit in an effort to bring some long-term University partners providing products in this spend category under bid. By doing so, Alabama A&M University was able to negotiate competitive pricing with Crestline Specialties, Inc. and TK R&R Sports, Inc. as well as attain new partnerships with Authentic Promotions.com and regional vendors Bullet Tees, LLC, and KTH Marketing (doing business as Embroidme).

The following summarizes the discounts each vendor is providing under Bid No. 2K18-13B.