Contractors 2000 has become, in effect, a buying group. At its bi-annual Super Meeting in Denver in mid-October, C-2000 introduced 11 vendors of plumbing and HVAC products, as well as various business services, who have signed on as “preferred vendors.” Preferred vendors base their pricing on C-2000 collective purchases.
Members potentially benefit in two ways: a small volume purchaser gets better pricing than a small company could obtain on its own, and all C-2000 buyers receive year-end rebates from preferred vendors based on total purchase volume throughout the organization.