TCPN ... The Cooperative
Purchasing Network
HPREC coordinates
TCPN services in Colorado and New Mexico. TCPN provides competitively bid contracts on commonly
purchased items from more than 100 vendors, including Office Depot.
Purchasing products and services through TCPN saves time and the cost of
requesting competitive bids, as agencies can use the competitive contracts
already bid and legally established through TCPN.
TCPN
is available for use by public and private schools, colleges, universities,
cities, counties, and other government entities.
Participation in TCPN is not required of government entities. However,
participation by government entities can provide the legally required
competition for contracts for commonly purchased items thereby saving the
individual entity the cost of going through the competitive process.
Vendors with TCPN awarded contracts have agreed to provide the best pricing,
terms and conditions available to similar customers.
Vendors and participating entities both benefit. If a vendor is successful at
competing for a TCPN contract, the vendor can avoid the time and expense of
going through the competitive process for each individual participating entity.
The participating entity also avoids the cost and time of going through the
competitive process.
The Purpose of TCPN is to:
Provide school districts and other government entities opportunities for
greater efficiency and economy in acquiring goods and services.
* Take advantage of state-of-the-art purchasing procedures to insure the
most competitive contracts.
* Provide competitive price solicitation and bulk purchasing for multiple
government entities that yields economic benefits unobtainable by individual
entities.
* Provide quick and efficient delivery of goods and services by contracting
with "high performance" vendors.
* Equalize purchasing power for smaller entities that are not able to
command the best contracts for themselves.
* Maintain credibility and confidence in business procedures by maintaining
open competition for purchases and by complying with purchasing laws and
ethical business practices.
* Assist entities in maintaining the essential controls for budget and
accounting purposes.
Financing of TCPN
The total cost of the TCPN program is funded through a fee paid by the
participating vendors that is based on actual sales.
TCPN does not charge any membership fees to participating entities.
Any sales made to participating entities without the participation fee do
not qualify as competitive contracts issued by TCPN, therefore, the
participating entity must take competitive bids or proposals for these
contracts, as required by law.
How to
Contact TCPN
For further information
or to request a visit from a TCPN representative, please contact:
Colorado
Representative (Institute of Higher Education, Counties, Cities, Not-for
Profits, and Hospitals):
Michael Netzer
(719) 671-6641
New Mexico
Representative:
Jonathan
Applegate
(505) 559-3105
For more information on TCPN visit:
www.tcpn.org.
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