Purchasing Cooperative adds staff to accommodate growing demand

Growth in purchasing cooperative contracts has led to the hiring of new members at Choice Facility Partners. With more purchasing cooperative vendor partners than ever, Choice Facility Partners hired four new staff members to help with the workload: Mike Perricone, Larry Parr, Dietrich von Biedenfeld and Faye “Yvonne” Johnson.

The new staff members come to CFP with a wide variety of experience in purchasing and procurement. Mike Perricone joins CFP with over 25 years of work with purchasing cooperatives and independent school districts. After working in various construction project management positions, Larry Parr is now the contract compliance specialist for the purchasing cooperative. Dietrich von Biedenfeld brings his experience with U.S. Homeland Security as the new contract manager for Choice Facility Partners. As the new clerk for Choice Facility Partners, Faye “Yvonne” Johnson has more than 22 years of experience as an administrative assistant and office manager.

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The contract managers provide members with desired services for legal, competitively-bid contracts through the Choice Facility Partners purchasing cooperative. The contract managers will play a vital role in managing the contracts for the purchasing cooperative. Managers seek out what governmental entities need in facility management. From there, they research to determine the market standard and to understand what is offered under that product or service. Then the purchasing cooperative issues a Request For Proposal to solicit bids from companies wanting to be a CFP vendor partner. An evaluation team then determines which responses meet the standard and should be recommended to be awarded. Harris County Department of Education then awards contracts.

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Choice Facility Partners is a dedicated purchasing cooperative, specializing in facility construction and maintenance. From the roof to the tap at the street, Choice Facility Partners offers contracts from qualified vendor partners to solve problems and meet facility needs. All governmental entities need to do to become a member of the purchasing cooperative is to sign an interlocal agreement to work with Choice Facility Partners, and then hundreds of contracts are available for the organization.

Purchasing cooperative contracts available from Choice Facility Partners include the following procurement categories for: Construction and Construction Services; Energy Conservation and Management; Furnishings, Fixtures and Equipment; Disaster Recovery and Restoration; Building Infrastructure; and Building Exterior and Grounds.  

Selecting contracts through a purchasing cooperative is easy with Choice Facility Partners. All members need to do is go to www.choicefacilitypartners.org and go to the contracts page, where members can select an awarded contract by service or vendor partner. When you are a member of a purchasing cooperative, the service you need is just a click away.

To learn more about becoming a member of a purchasing cooperative, go to www.choicefacilitypartners.com.