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Your state's procurement portal will have a master list of statewide term contracts and cooperative purchasing agreements that you should check...
Marcus T.Verified vendorasked
State and local (SLED)
State and local buying follows each state's procurement code, and every state runs its own vendor registration and portal. Counties, cities, school districts and universities often use a hosted portal or a cooperative contract instead of a full solicitation. This category covers registering on state portals, reading a county bid, cooperative purchasing and piggybacking, local preference rules and prevailing wage.
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Yes, you absolutely need to register in each state's system separately. Tom is right about that; there is no central system like SAM.gov for state...
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Your county purchasing department likely handled these errors in a similar way to my experience with state term contracts in Georgia; a bid with a...
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A local preference clause gives an advantage to businesses located within a specific geographic area, and its exact application depends entirely on...
Priya S.Verified vendorasked
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Keisha is right, a county can use cooperative purchasing, but you need to check the original contract to see if it allows other government entities...
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NASPO ValuePoint is a cooperative purchasing program that state and local governments use to buy goods and services. A small firm can realistically...
Keisha W.Verified vendorasked
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State and local government entities, educational institutions, and non-profits can use cooperative contracts like Sourcewell; a vendor gets on one by...
Priya S.Verified vendorasked
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Jordan, you are right to look for a specific portal because the city procurement code requires the purchasing department to post all solicitations to...
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I handle grants and contracts for a nonprofit in Grand Rapids. For years the county funded our youth mentoring program through a grant agreement...
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Yes, a county can legally charge for access to public bid documents; however, you should always check the county's procurement code for specific...
Nadia F.Verified vendorasked
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Luis, school districts in Texas also use statewide term contracts for services, which means they can buy off pre-approved vendor lists without a new...
Luis A.Verified vendorasked
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Pay the higher rate for each classification. A Davis-Bacon wage determination sets a federal floor, and it doesn't cancel a state or district...
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We're a small dump truck outfit in Joliet, certified DBE through the Illinois Unified Certification Program. A highway prime wants us hauling on an...
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My company is a nurse staffing agency with hospital clients, and we've been working as a sub on a VA contract for a year now. I just opened an RFP...
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Hey everyone, I saw two different notices this week that both used the word "cooperative" and I am trying to figure out if they are related. First,...
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Hey everyone, I'm seeing different terms for what looks like the same thing across local government portals. The City of Jacksonville's portal lists...