Plan for emergencies- Cooperative purchasing provide competitively pre-bid contracts

Facility emergencies occur daily due to weather or newly-discovered problems that maintenance staff did not anticipate. Cooperative purchasing organizations with competitively pre-bid contracts are poised to solve facility problems. School districts that have approved and signed an interlocal agreement with Choice Facility Partners are prepared for such emergencies and can immediately call on contractors who can respond quickly using cooperative purchasing.
 
Operating out of a facilities department of a governmental entity, Choice Facility Partners have expanded our cooperative purchasing from a small number of Job Order Contract awards to almost any service or need a school district facilities or maintenance department might need. Now the choice of the Mexican American School Board Association, they provide solutions for more than 20 facility resource areas with best value awards to more than 100 vendor partners. Because of the skilled background of the staff in the facilities department, the awarded contracts are uniquely suited and appropriate to meet the needs of facility and maintenance departments.

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Cooperative purchasing can save time and money. All the entity has to do is sign an interlocal agreement and then Choice Facility Partners will do the rest of the work. Have the governing board approve an interlocal agreement at their next meeting. When it is signed, then the work for the school district, government agency or education-related firm is done. The Harris County Department of Education will then put the agreement on their agenda and once it is approved, then the entity have access to a variety of contracts where all of the work has already been complete. It’s cooperative purchasing made easy by Choice Facility Partners!

You can become a client member of our cooperative purchasing organization! See how at: http://choicefacilitypartners.org/html/become_a_member.php.

While school districts, community colleges and other governmental entities use cooperative purchasing for these pre-bid contracts during a bond program or for major remodeling and renovation projects, the awarded contracts do not specify exactly how much will be purchased or when. Rather they are indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts, thus making them more useful to the facility owners.

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Cooperative purchasing contracts include Job Order Contracting; HVAC, energy purchase and conservation; modular buildings; owner’s representative and project controls services, which provide assistance for capital improvement programs; fencing, flooring, office and instructional furniture; playground systems, security systems, technology meeting tools including webcasting; building forensics, roofing and waterproofing; elevator services, and more.

Choice Facility Partners is a cooperative purchasing division of Harris County Department of Education, which is not associated with the governmental entity of Harris County. While located in Harris County, Choice Facility Partners provides cooperative purchasing services for governmental entities throughout Texas and beyond. 

To get started, download an interlocal agreement on the members tab at http://www.choicefacilitypartners.org/ . For more information, call 713-696-2122.