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194 <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: June 30, 2021 <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Budget Director <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative Interlocal Participation Agreement <br />RAri(f.Rnl un - <br />Indian River County belongs to several cooperative organizations which offer both lower pricing <br />resulting from economies of scale, and in-place, competitively solicited agreements, eliminating the <br />time and cost of executing or own solicitations. <br />The Purchasing Division has identified the BuyBoard-National Purchasing Cooperative (NPC) as <br />another cooperative that would offer benefit to the County. NPC has more than a thousand vendors <br />available to Florida municipalities, including several existing vendors we do not have contracts for, <br />and covers a wide spectrum of products including custodial and office supplies, medical supplies, <br />park and playground equipment and heavy machinery. Membership will also enable us to use the <br />BuyBoard.com web site to solicit quotes from multiple contracted vendors. <br />As part of online enrollment, NPC requires acceptance of an interlocal participation agreement, <br />which is attached. <br />FUNDING: <br />There is no cost associated with membership in the NPC, however there is a flat fee assessed for <br />vehicle purchase orders. This fee would be included in the quote and considered part of the overall <br />purchase price for comparison against other vendors and contracts. Funding for purchases comes <br />from individual department accounts, as needs are identified and expenditures approved by the <br />Budget Department. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends the Board approve registration in the National Purchasing Cooperative and <br />authorize the Purchasing Manager to electronically approve the participation agreement after the <br />County Attorney has approved it as to form and legal sufficiency. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Electronic Interlocal Participation Agreement Text <br />Organizational Interlocal Agreement <br />76 <br />