Graybar and BradyPlus have joined a cooperative purchasing platform aimed at public sector and nonprofit buyers, the portal’s developer announced.
OMNIA Partners said Tuesday that 10 new suppliers had joined its OPUS portal, including the St. Louis electrical and industrial distribution giant and the packaging and jan-san distributor that recently merged with Imperial Dade. The overall additions, OMNIA officials said, bring OPUS’ total SKUs to more than 8 million.
OMNIA says the free OPUS member portal, launched in 2024, provides agencies and nonprofits with the ability to buy from multiple suppliers using publicly solicited and competitively bid contracts. The company said that it has “fundamentally changed” purchasing for governments, school systems and nonprofit organizations.
"People expect purchasing to be fast, intuitive and seamless in every part of their lives,” OMNIA Partners President and CEO Todd Abner said in a statement. “We're bringing that same level of simplicity to public procurement by combining an expanding portfolio of trusted agreements with technology that helps our members buy what they need more efficiently, stay compliant, and focus on serving their communities."
