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WELCOME NEWEST MEMBER OF NJPA!
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National Joint Powers Alliance°
202 12th Street NE
P.O. Box 219
Staples, MN 56479
Enclosed you will find our latest product catalog, and our "About Us" catalog. You have
joined 50,000+ members in our Contract Purchasing cooperative, and we ask that you never
forget that while your new membership is free, and comes with no organizational liability, it
does come with the obligation that you are always 100% satisfied with the role NJPA plays in
your future procurements. We believe in our competitively bid solutions, and feel confident
that you will find value and savings throughout our purchasing catalog.
SO HOW DOES THE PURCHASING PROGRAM WORK?
You interact directly with the awarded vendor, or the assigned NJPA Contract manager to
get pricing for the various contracts. Our website - http://www.nipacoop.org/contract-
purchasing-solutions/contracts - is the best place to find both individuals and their contact
information. Either can be an effective resource as you determine the value of each individual
contract. The dedicated respondent employee listed in both the contract directory in this
packet, and on our website is a great resource to ensure communication with the local dealer
who may actually be selling you a future commodity or service.
We would be happy to send additional packets if other departments within your
organization require/desire them, and I am also always looking for purchasing groups to come
and present to. If you want to help us, please tell someone else in your circle about our
organization — getting the word out is still our greatest challenge. Once again, WELCOME to
the world of NJPA! Please feel free to give us feedback on all of our procedures and our
procurement process — the only way we get better is with your assistance! I look forward to
meeting you in the future... I have included a card in the packet, but just in case...
Duff. Erholtz@NJPACOOP.org
218.894.5490
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Brandy Rinearson
From: Tom Morgan [Tom.Morgan@njpacoop.org]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2014 8:17 AM
To: Brandy Rinearson
Subject: NJPA Member Number
Hello Brandy,
We received your application and have assigned you member # 26305. We are in the process of
mailing you out a welcome packet, which will contain a membership certificate for your files.
To view all of our competitively bid contracts, follow this link - they appear in alphabetical groupings.
Click on the awarded vendor logo to take you to the individual contract landing page. You, the NJPA
member, interact directly with the awarded vendor to facilitate a purchase. On the left hand side of
that page you will find contact information for the respondents dedicated employee, and the assigned
NJPA contract manager - both are great resources to get information and pricing for the contract.
The respondent (in most cases a manufacturer) is your best resource, as they work only with their
products. The NJPA dedicated contract manager is available to verify pricing, answer contract
specific questions, etc. The respondent is a great starting point to determine distribution of their
products, find a local dealer in your area, or answer questions about their product line as it relates to
the contract they were awarded by NJPA. All the contract documentation you need to build your
justification file is available on the dedicated landing page - click on the pricing tab to learn more
about the contract pricing structure - PRICING is only available from the two individuals listed on each
page - the respondent or the NJPA contract manager, they are happy to provide it, but because our
website is not password protected, you must request it.
We will be sending you a monthly Contract Award announcement, communicating our most recent
contract awards. Four times a year we will also be sending you our quarterly Newsletter, which we
use to pass along industry news and expanded contract award information.
Here is that promised link...http://www.nipacoop.org/national-cooperative-contract-solutions/vendor-
search1/
Please let me know if you have any questions in the interim, and Welcome to NJPA!!
Sincerely,
Thomas L. Morgan
Membership Communications Specialist
office 218-895-4119
mobile 608-219-5726
email Tom.Mor_aq n@njpacoop.orq
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Get to know us.
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National Joint Powers Alliance° (NJPA) is a government agency that
establishes an alliance between buyers and suppliers for use by
education, government and non -profits.
WHAT IS NJPA'S COOPERATIVE PURCHASING.
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Cooperative purchasing with NJPA leverages the national purchasing power
of more than 50,000 member agencies while also streamlining the required
purchasing process. As a municipal national contracting agency,
NJPA contracts meet your state's procurement laws, local bid requirements
and/or Joint Powers Authority.
• NJPA has the legislative authority to establish contracts for government
NJPA contracts have
& education agencies nationally. NJPA solicits, evaluates and awards
streamlined our
contracts through a competitive bidding process on behalf of its
members.
purchasing process,
• Members have a choice of these contracts and procurement processes,
saving our district thousands
thereby satisfying local/state bidding requirements and avoiding
duplication of the process.
of dollars.
NJPA members save time and money while also avoiding the unpleasant
—School District Member
experience of low bid, low quality responses.
WHAT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DOES NJPA REPRESENT?
NJPNs expansive list of NJPA's vendors are industry -leading. Product and service solutions range
vendors filled in the from office supplies to heavy equipment and everything in between.
Find a complete list of our current vendors on the back of this flyer, or visit
gaps of our existing state www.NJPAcoop.org/search to learn more about our vendors.
contracts.
—State Purchasing Officer HOW CAN MY AGENCY PARTICIPATE?
The first step to accessing products and services through NJPA is to join!
• Learn more at www.NJPAcoop.org/join.
Using NJPA was seamless • Membership is at no cost, liability or obligation.
• Your NJPA member ID # arrives via email and additional information
and satisfied our need follows in the mail.
to conduct a formal bid!
—University Member ts?JPA
NJPAcoop.org 888-896-3950 National Joint Powers Alliance®
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