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ACCOUNTABILITY AS IT APPLIES TO COOPERATIVES
THE CO-OPERATIVE “BEST” PRACTICES• Vetting the contract
• Co-Operative Agency Compliance Philosophy
• Co-Operative Agency Experience
• Pricing Verification
VETTING THE CONTRACTDoes the Co-operative:
• Have duplicable processes to ensure proper compliance with legal statutes?
• Does the final Request for Proposal allow for a clear and concise response that can be easily supported by any agency?
• Are there third party experts evaluating the contract and qualifying the respondents?
• Is there a transparent method of showing the process to all agencies to review?
AGENCY COMPLIANCE PHILOSOPHYDoes the Co-operative:
• Have the training resources to ensure the vendors understand cooperative purchasing?
• Focus on all members of the team: the agency, vendor and cooperative?
• Have a system to ensure compliance and to engage the agency, vendor
and contract support team?
PRICING VERIFICATION Does the Co-operative:
• Have labor solutions pricing tied to a benchmark cost structure?
• Have transparent pricing mechanisms that can be presented to any agency at their request?
IN THE NEWS
ISD
“WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR
COOPERATIVE AND ARE YOU GETTING
IT?”