Most state and local governments procurement laws restrict cooperative purchasing agreements to other governments. How do you qualify as a public procurement cooperative?
DEPO’s platform is simply a new tool for use by SLGs. You do not contract with DEPO, hire DEPO or pay DEPO a fee for the use of its platform. DEPO does not sell or inventory any product. By registering, you are not joining a cooperative organization. The platform simply enables you to post your volume and other requirements, which are combined with the similar requirements of other public entities in order to achieve volume-discount pricing for products that you otherwise would be purchasing at higher prices. In many regards, it is similar to a well-known auction platform that facilitates buyers and sellers coming together to negotiate a deal on a neutral platform. Likewise, DEPO’s platform is completely neutral, but it has the added feature of facilitating significantly improved pricing based upon the combined volume of SLGs nationwide. Moreover, it accomplishes this while allowing each SLG to maintain its own unique product specs, store its frequently used underlying documents, share
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