THE CO-OPERATIVE BEST PRACTICES Vetting the contract Co-Operative Agency Compliance Philosophy Co-Operative Agency Experience Pricing Verification VETTING THE CONTRACT Does 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 PHILOSOPHY Does 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? Mark Powell, LEED AP (832)