Agreement on the purchase of quality stationery for primary school pupils

Hafnarfjörður Municipality
has signed a contract with Pennann/Eymundsson for the purchase of stationery for
Pupils in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður for the 2018-2019 school year.
The signing of the contract is the culmination of a long process that has been ongoing since the beginning of 2018.
Defining products and preparing tenders for stationery. Penninn/Eymundsson
was the successful bidder in the tender from three parties that bid for the stationery. Total
The tender order turned out to amount to around 176 thousand items (137 product types which
(which could be selected from those that met certain quality criteria) which are divided among those 4000
pupils in the primary schools and the contract sum is about 30 million króna.

Part
Part of the stationery range came from Múlalundur, the SÍBS workshop.
for people with reduced working capacity, or the products that Múlalundur produced
itself (as Múlalundur also imports goods). By purchasing the goods from
Múlalundi was buying quality products, whilst also being Icelandic production.
supported. According to Mulalundar, they are extremely grateful to the City of Hafnarfjörður for this.
initiative in purchasing stationery for primary school pupils, which has resulted in
other municipalities (at least 10 today) have gone
in the same way as Hafnarfjörður in its stationery purchases. The press release states
from Múlalundi to the road
that these transactions had been added to the staff employed at Múlalundur as
had previously had nothing to do with it. Also that the plastic which Múlalundur uses in production
its own high safety and quality standards and that 40-60% is recycled plastic.
The plastic is also durable and will last well for school use, far beyond
what many plastic-based writing instruments on the general market can do.

Purchasing stationery
to primary school pupils in Hafnarfjörður, this is the second time. This project is
still in development and being worked on from various perspectives to ensure students a good
Stationery, promoting the smallest possible environmental footprint and maintaining the quality of the stationery that comes.
for the benefit of all students, regardless of economic and social status. Staff
The primary schools are still getting to grips with a new system where it is important to teach
students to take good care of their stationery and take responsibility for its use in daily
school activities in accordance with procedures in
for each school. Furthermore, students are expected to provide their own stationery.
at home to do homework, e.g. pencil, rubbers and sharpeners as a minimum,
although most of the materials are provided to the students, i.e. stationery, notebooks and
other teaching and learning materials. 

The stationery
will come to the schools at the beginning of August and will be available when the students arrive.
school on 22 August, when the new school year begins in the primary schools of Hafnarfjörður.

 The picture
Here is a picture from the signing of the agreement. In the picture are representatives
Pennans/Eymundsson, Múlalundar and the Municipality of Hafnarfjörður.