Discount Savings
BIO Business Solutions
NCLifeSci and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization jointly operate the BIO Business Solutions group purchasing member benefit program. BIO Business Solutions offers NCLifeSci members the opportunity to pool their purchasing power with other life science companies nationwide to command significant discounts for frequently used products and services at the providers listed below. Click on the vendor information link to find out more about each company discount. Here is a brochure (PDF) with latest savings.
NCLifeSci members also have access to some discounts offered by NCLifeSci member companies.
BIO Business Solutions
NCLifeSci and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization jointly operate the BIO Business Solutions group purchasing member benefit program. BIO Business Solutions offers NCLifeSci members the opportunity to pool their purchasing power with other life science companies nationwide to command significant discounts for frequently used products and services at the providers listed below. Click on the vendor information link to find out more about each company discount. Here is a brochure (PDF) with latest savings.
NCLifeSci members also have access to some discounts offered by NCLifeSci member companies.
National Programs
Payroll, HR and Benefits
ADP offers up to a 25% discount on services, waived implementation fee, and more on the following services:
- ADP TotalSource is ADP’s Professional Employer Organization solution for small to mid-size organizations who don’t want HR to get in the way of revenue-generating activities.
- RUN Powered by ADP payroll and HR platform designed for small businesses with less than 50 employees.
- ADP Workforce Now, the technology platform for companies with over 50 employees, includes HR, payroll, benefits administration, talent management, and compliance functionality.
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Industrial Packaged/Bulk Gas and Solutions
- 10% to 25% off cryogenic equipment, gas distribution equipment, and safety products
- Access to hotlist of medical-grade nitrogen, helium, argon & carbon dioxide, plus custom offerings tailored to specific member needs
- Customized agreement for renewal, removal, and remedy with guaranteed terms and savings
- Full range of product supply: Cylinders, dewars, MicroBulk, bulk, and pipeline, as well as dry-ice services
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Refurbished Lab Equipment and Surplus Strategy
BIO and American Laboratory Trading have teamed up to offer significant savings and benefits to member companies. Through the BIO Business Solutions Program, NCLifeSci members have access to discounts on purchases of premium refurbished equipment and lab surplus strategy services.
Equipment Purchase Benefits:
- Free one-year equipment warranty
- Minimum 15% no-hassle discount on list price
- Minimum 10% additional discount on sale items
Surplus Strategy Services:
- Double Credit Offer (2X ALT's Cash Offer)
- Up to 10% discount on equipment and asset appraisal services
- Up to 10% rebate on buyer's premium
- 10% bonus on standard consignment split
- Enhanced Consignment program featuring a 5% increase in split
- Discounted or waived project expenses
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Executive Liability Insurance; Human Capital Solutions
BIO and Aon have teamed up to bring comprehensive coverage for executive liability insurance programs.
Member Benefits on D&O and Cyber Insurance
- Members will benefit from multiple carriers competing for their business, without sacrificing coverages or enhancements
- Superior claims handling by experienced attorneys and claims professionals with extensive life science experience
- Managed by dedicated Life Science and Professional Risk Solutions team members within Aon industry
- Access to industry-leading resources, technical expertise, and industry knowledge through Aon's 500+ offices in 120+ countries
Member Benefits on Compensation Surveys & Workforce Analytics
- 10% discount on consulting fees for new client engagements in the following practice areas:
- Employee rewards (e.g., salary structure and bonus plan design)
- Sales force compensation and effectiveness
- Talent assessment tools and strategy
- Total rewards strategy and optimization
- Workforce analytics (e.g., DE&I metrics and pay equity)
- 7.5% discount on compensation survey participation, including McLagan and Radford products. This offer is only available to first-time buyers who have not previously participated in any Aon survey.
- Access to select Aon articles and research, especially insights from the Radford Global Compensation Database.
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Lab Supplies and Solutions
Avantor, delivered by VWR, is the leading distributor of laboratory supplies and equipment for the life sciences industry, Offering more than 1,000,000 products from 5,000 manufacturers.
- Access to a hot list of more than 8,000 items, with savings of up to 75% from list
- Hot list flexibility—pricing for high volume items commonly ordered can be added to the hot list to match your company's local pricing
- Discounts across the entire Avantor product offering
- Special pricing on capital equipment items with list price of over $1,100
- E-commerce rebate if most of your orders are placed online
- Generous rebates sent back directly to you on annual contract spend growth
- No minimum order required
- No shipping charges for products shipped from any of Avantor’s regional distribution centers.
- Waived hazardous materials handling fees
- Waived fuel surcharges
- Next-day delivery to most locations
- The buying power of a large, national purchasing agreement
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
C-Suite Executive Consulting and Placement
Access a 10% discount on BiotechExec's menu of services:
- Hourly Advisory Services
- Fractional or Contract CXO Placement
- Full-time Placement or conversion from Contract
- Board Director, Scientific Advisory Board, and Key Opinion Leader (KOL) Placement
- Consulting Assessments, Projects, etc.
- Precision Match – discovery, assessment and candidate matching consulting sessions
- Business Viability Assessment and Business Planning
Plus, members get to schedule a complimentary first executive advisory session (up to 90 minutes).
Expense Management and Corporate Cards
BIO has teamed up with Brex, the corporate credit card for the life sciences, designed to empower its life science customers to spend less time on the end of the end of the month closes and more time on life changing R&D.
Access a fully integrated bank, card, and spend management system.
- Credit card rewards tailored specifically for life science companies - 7x points for conference registrations, 4x points for travel, 3x points for lab supplies
- No annual credit card fees, foreign transaction fees, or fees for additional cards
- Easy deposits into your business account by ACH, check, or wire transfers
- Invest cash in a money market fund for a competitive yield and use it for ongoing expenses with same-day liquidity - Check out today's yield
- Budget with auto-enforced expense policies
Additional benefits for BIO and state affiliate members: Sign up for the Brex Credit Card and get 50,000 points. Sign up for the Brex Business Account and Credit Card and get 100,000 points!
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Insurance: Property and Casualty, Clinical Trials, Errors and Omissions, Product, Professional Liability, Cyber
The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies have been providing cost-effective risk management and insurance protection tailored to the unique requirements of biotechnology companies.
Property and Casualty Insurance:
- Competitive premiums for companies at all stages
- Low minimum premiums for early stage companies
- Dedicated loss control and claims specialists for members
- Access to proprietary tools to assist in developing insurance values
Clinical Trials, Errors and Omissions, Product, and Professional Liability Cyber Insurance:
- 10% premium credit (Subject to regulatory limitations and underwriting review)
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Waste Removal and Remediation
BIO has partnered with Clean Harbors, one of the largest Environmental Services companies in North America.
- 35-40% off list on disposal
- 15-20% off list on transportation and materials
- 35% off list price on labor charges
- Reduced Security Recovery Fee
- Free site visit to ensure storage area and recordkeeping are in compliance, as well as waste stream review
- Full Online Services capability to track waste, manage profiles, view all reporting, download biannual report data and streamline data gathering process as well as full transparency to pricing
- Clean Harbors will review your staff training and make recommendations to ensure you are compliant with applicable State and Federal laws
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Business Travel Management
Member companies gain access to a full-service global travel management company, designed to optimize your business travel experience. Enjoy exclusive benefits, including:
- Tailored travel program setup – No start up fees. We help you build a customized travel management program tailored to your business, including:
- Easy-to-use travel platform
- 24/7 support from dedicated travel consultants
- Access to exclusive negotiated rates on airfare, hotels, and rental cars
- Custom-built travel policies to streamline approvals and compliance
- Dedicated travel manager for personalized service and support
- Waived line of credit when booking on account, providing flexibility and streamlined payments
- Discounted management fees, plus a $500 travel voucher for qualifying accounts based on travel spend
- Real-time financial reporting, duty of care tracking, and environmental sustainability analytics to help manage costs, compliance, and traveler safety
- Industry expertise in life sciences, including advisory boards, leadership meetings, clinical trial, Sunshine Act/HIPAA and GCP Compliance
Microscopes and Imagery, Contract Imaging and Analysis
The Nikon Instruments Research Grade Microscope Systems Program is available to BIO and select state and regional life science associations’ members, and offers a wide selection of research instrumentation and digital imaging solutions for microscopy for direct purchase.
- 7% exclusive discount on Nikon BioImaging Lab services, such as:
- Full-service imaging
- Consumable supplies
- Lab assisted equipment use
- Lab occupancy fee
- 15% off select customized microscope packages
- 7% off individual Nikon items
- 5% off 3rd party products
- Free installation, unless specified on quote
- Free on-site customized training
- 1 year warranty on systems, 5 year warranty on microscopes, and 15% off a wide variety of Warranty Extension Programs
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Office Depot is one of the world's largest sellers of office products and offers participants significant discounts on office supplies, furniture and equipment. Click here for latest discount coupons.
- Deep discounts off ODP's Best Value List of preferred products
- Discounts on copy, print and finishing services
- Discounts on HP ink & toner
- Punchout and third-party enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrations with platforms like Coupa, Ariba, SAP, and Oracle
- Free delivery on qualifying orders
- Flexibility to custom fit your needs
- Dedicated account management
- Additional exclusive member promotions
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Grant Writing, Scope and Project Management; Quality and Inspection Management Solutions
PSC Biotech provides NCLifeSci members with exclusive cost savings on electronic quality and audit management system solutions and professional consulting services. NCLifeSci members will receive discounts on software solutions, quality management, auditing and all professional services, including commissioning, qualification, and validation; computer system validation; quality assurance; regulatory affairs; technical writing; calibration; and project management support.
10% discount on all professional services, such as:
- Commissioning, Qualification and Validation (CQV) Planning, Document Generation and Execution Support
- Computer System Validation and Assurance, and IT Infrastructure support
- Regulatory Affairs
- Quality Assurance
- Audits and Gap Analysis
- Calibration
- Engineering
- Project Management (Fractional or Full time)
Electronic quality management software benefits
- 35% discount on the Initialization Fee for PSC Software such as the Adaptive Compliance Engine (ACE), ACE Essentials and ACE Inspection
- 15% discount on user subscription licenses
- 10% discount on configuration of custom workflows, PQ validation of ACE® software systems, Implement Management and migration of software systems, data migration and development of new, custom ACE® features
- 21-day free trial of ACE and AuditUtopia
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
ShareVault offers secure, cloud-based document sharing solutions, also known as virtual data rooms, that are frequently used by organizations to securely share highly confidential documents with outside parties. Find out how one NCLifeSci member uses ShareVault.
- Minimum 25% discount on ShareVault's primary products
- Minimum 30% savings off the standard pricing of ShareVault for SharePoint
- At least 5% additional discount on subscriptions with terms of two or more years
- eCTD tag structure available at no cost
- Creation of document index available at no cost
- Migration services from existing virtual data rooms (VDRs) at no cost
- Assistance with high-performance uploads at no cost
- Free one-month trial on ShareVault-BIO services
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Equipment Maintenance and Management Services
- 15-30% off eligible lab/research equipment service agreements and/or maintenance contracts
- Dedicated sales team specifically focused on life science companies
Workwear and Cleanroom Services
UniClean, a division of UniFirst Corporation, is a leading cleanroom services provider that supplies, launders, and services the work clothing of employees who manufacture sensitive medical, electronic, and pharmaceutical products in “ultra-clean” production environments (cleanrooms).
- Uniform and facility service savings of 30-50%
- Hygienically clean garments & UHF Chip technology
- Dedicated customer service team
- Customer-friendly terms and conditions
- No price increases for 3 years
- Free lab coat pressing included with rental program
- Free company and name emblems on initial installation
- No upfront program investment
- 2-week complimentary service upon new agreement execution
BIO Business Solutions Vendor Information
Company and Employee Moving Services
- Access to the nationwide reach of United Van Lines through BIO’s partnership with Humboldt Storage and Moving
- Preferred discounts on all moving needs
- Local, long-distance, and international moving solutions
- Laboratory, office, and employee relocations
- Regulatory compliant, climate-controlled specimen relocation for laboratory moves
- Single source who will coordinate all relocation aspects
- Guaranteed pickup and delivery minimizing downtime on all relocations
Shipping and Logistics
BIO is proud to partner with UPS to bring members up to 70% off UPS Next Day Air® services, and up to 65% off UPS Worldwide International services.
Save up to:
- 74% on UPS Next Day Air services
- 59% on UPS 2nd Day Air services
- 59% on UPS 3 Day Select Services
- 51% on UPS Ground Commercial services
- 44% on UPS Ground Residential services
- 68% on UPS Worldwide International services
- And other value added services