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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 CONTRACT. Does the Co-operative:
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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 propercompliance 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 • mechanismsthat can be • presented to any agency at • their request?
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“WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR COOPERATIVE AND ARE YOU GETTING IT?”
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