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What
are Unit Price Agreements?
A unit price agreement or term contract is an important tool
used to provide high quality goods and services,
at a good price, and with timely delivery.
These
contracts commit the district to buying a particular good
or service from designated vendors, in exchange for a volume
discount and preferred status service.
Purchasing
can issue purchase orders quickly since the good or service is competed
prior to the requisition being entered.
When the
school or department enters a requisition, the chosen vendor
may be changed to a vendor with an existing price agreement.
What
is Cooperative Purchasing?
State law allows the district to enter into cooperative purchasing
agreements with other government entities; for example, TASB (Texas Association
of School Boards), TCPN (Texas Cooperative Purchasing Network),
and GSC (General Services Commission)
All government entities
are required to compete each purchase in accordance to state
law. When a cooperative purchasing agreement is in place, the DISD
may use winning bids or contracts from other entities.
If a school
or department uses one of the co-op vendors and enters a non-printed
comment that the prices were based on a co-op quote, then purchasing will
only need to verify the pricing to issue a purchase order.
Directions
for using the Master Price Agreement List.
- find the commodity on the master price agreement list.
- call the vendor and verify the price and shipping cost before entering
the requisition.
(Be sure to ask for the DISD price agreement or co-op contract
price).
- use the DISD vendor number given to enter your requisition.
- add a printed comment stating "award per UPA
or co-op", whichever is appropriate
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