“The consolidation of major national GPOs is limiting some opportunities for vendors, while alternative means of contracting is helping others. In this environment, it is beneficial to have as many ways as possible for customers to have access to our products and services. HARTMANN has found in CHAMPS a very responsive partner, mutual collaboration and good support. Our CHAMPS contract has opened sales into market segments we do not routinely call on just by having a contract. For these reasons, I would recommend CHAMPS as a GPO partner.”

"Sonu Satellite was introduced to CHAMPS via a popular healthcare supply chain conference, and their team has consistently maintained phenomenal communication ever since. We have been very impressed by both their professionalism and involvement. The CHAMPS team brings an invaluable personal touch to their supplier relationships, and Sonu Satellite is proud to be working with both their organization and membership. Our experience has been smooth, amicable, and very attentive. We feel we have already built a positive relationship with the CHAMPS organization, and our contract has only just begun."

"CHAMPS is on the forefront and one of the most respected in the industry when it comes to increasing membership and developing offerings for the continuum of care market. CHAMPS has provided Performance Health new opportunities to collaborate with our customers across the United States to grow our portfolio offerings and drive Premier contract savings."

"I wanted to thank Dawn for her recent help identifying savings for a mutual client. The teamwork was great. We provided CHAMPS with the usage report and they were able to provide an analysis of what contracts and tiers the client could access to help save them money. We are now able to implement over $25,000 in savings! Great job!"

“We have been partnering with CHAMPS Group Purchasing since the 1980s and it’s been a great working relationship from the beginning. With CHAMPS, we find consistent planning for production and distribution, a growing partner, and a strong knowledge of market dynamics. We value the way they’ve helped us increase business through member referrals, retain business and expand our market. But most importantly we value the support they offer through their client services team. Whenever we get the opportunity, we recommend CHAMPS.”

“I’ve developed a very good business relationship with CHAMPS GPO's Jan Elder. I couldn’t be more pleased with the timely communication, follow up and support she provides. We just clicked right off the bat. During a recent business review I took her through a presentation that illustrated our growth since becoming a CHAMPS contract supplier. We started brainstorming how we could grow our partnership even more and ended up implementing a new process that connects our local sales team to CHAMPS’ members prior to their first-time appointments with us. Now we go into meetings with potential clients who already know what they can expect from CHAMPS and UniFirst. This has definitely increased our success closing business, boosted our membership and improved member satisfaction with our service. We’re in the process of renewing our contract with CHAMPS for another three years and I would recommend anybody to them based on my experience.”

"We had highly positive feedback from our distributors about their meetings with CHAMPS GPO’s Jan Elder after she attended and exhibited at our HealthRite Expo. Comments about her enthusiasm, knowledge and professionalism were common and there was much excitement about collaborating on local and regional levels. With this type of support from CHAMPS it is no wonder we continue to see dramatic growth to our contract. We look forward to our continued success!"

“As we saw the healthcare market shifting toward GPO compliance and participation for many of our current customers, we looked to partner with CHAMPS in order to maintain and strengthen our customer relationships. We have seen many of our healthcare customers move away from local dealers due to GPO contract compliance and overall value proposition and felt it was essential for us to secure GPO contracts with organizations like CHAMPS in order to retain our existing customers. We would highly recommend a partnership with CHAMPS to other vendors interested in retaining existing business, securing new business, accessing a client services team with extensive industry expertise and marketing new and existing products to the CHAMPS membership. We look forward to our new agreement and expanding into new products/services that benefit CHAMPS and their membership.”