TAPS

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Who We Are

• A Cooperative Purchasing Network for government
  agencies in the State of Missouri
• Sponsored by the MARE in Missouri and Region 8
  Education Service Center in Mt. Pleasant, TX
• Servicing government agencies throughout Missouri
• Building Partnerships between vendors and
  government agencies

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TIPS Resources

• TIPS is a statewide purchasing cooperative.
• The operation is a Partnership between MARE and
  Region 8 ESC to provide efficiency.
• TIPS currently has seven staff members
• Web Site www.tips-usa.com

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Why We Do It

• Government agencies need assistance with
  purchasing
• Not enough staff
• Not enough expertise
• Not enough time resources
• Not individually large enough to get the best
  contracts

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Why We Do It

• Paradigms are shifting in government agency
  purchasing to what private enterprise purchasing
  did 15 years ago.

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Government Purchasing Paradigm Shifts

• Bid/Buy Annual Contracts
• Many Vendors Fewer vendors
• Many Contracts Fewer Contracts

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Government Purchasing Paradigm Shifts

• Costly Paperwork E-commerce
• Purchasing Control Customer Service
• Price Only Value Added Services
• Low bid Total cost purchasing

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What TIPS Does

• Solicits competitive proposals in compliance with
  government agency bid laws in the State of Texas
  and Missouri
• Awards contracts for primary and secondary
  vendors by commodity categories
• Makes 63 competitively bid contracts available to
  participating agencies
• Establishes annual renewable contracts that can
  be used as needed

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What TIPS Does

• Evaluates Competitive Proposals on the following
  criteria
• Quality of product line offered
• Quantity of line items available that are used by
  participating agencies
• Customer support
• Suppliers demonstrated ability to perform
• Pricing

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What TIPS Does Not Do

• Charge membership or participation fees to
  participating agencies
• Does not award all bidders with a contract
• Does not make sales calls on behalf of vendors

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Where

• TIPS has over 750 active participating government
  agencies throughout the States of Texas,
  Arkansas, and Missouri (71)
• The main TIPS office is located in Mt. Pleasant,
  TX with representatives traveling throughout
  Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri
• Toll free phone fax lines are available to the
  Mt. Pleasant office [phone]
• Negotiating with Oklahoma, Kansas, and California

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Who Has Contracts With TIPS?

• Competitively awarded contracts are held by
  approximately 49 quality vendors including
  CDWG, Biz Supplies, Xerox, KLC Video Security,
  Carrier Corp., MICO Industrial Corp., Unisource,
  EnPointe, and Virco just to name a few

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Who Can Participate?

• Any government agency or private school in the
  State of Missouri including
• Public School Districts, Municipal Junior
  Colleges
• Universities
• Cities, Counties
• State and Some Federal Agencies

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How Do I Become a Member

• Execute a Board Resolution
• Execute an Interlocal Agreement

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How To Use the Web Sitewww.tips-usa.comClick
on Missouri
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How To Use the Web Sitewww.tips-usa.comHover
over Vendors Click on Awarded Vendors
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How To Use the Web Sitewww.tips-usa.comSort by
Vendor or Commodity Click on GO
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How To Use the Web Sitewww.tips-usa.comClick
on the Vendor link
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How To Use the Web Sitewww.tips-usa.comVendor
Profile Page
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TIPS Contact InformationDavid MabeRegion 8
Education Service CenterDeputy Executive
Director(903) 575-2602dmabe_at_reg8.netKim
ThompsonAdministrative Assistant(866)
839-8477kthompson_at_reg8.nettips_at_reg8.net