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USA|Kansas has partnered with the National Joint Powers Alliance® (NJPA) to save you time and money through participation in a high volume, cost effective and legally bid contract cooperative. NJPA® is endorsed by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), the National Organization of Coaches Association Directory (NOCAD), the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) and SciQuest.

The NJPA® Cooperative Purchasing Program currently serves more than 26,000 organizations and allows access to more than 45 nationally bid contacts, including thousands of products and services. Participating vendors include Staples, Canon, School Specialty Furniture and Equipment, Sharp and more.

Several Kansas districts currently participate in the NJPA Cooperative Purchasing Program to:

• Access to competitively bid contracts
  
• Take advantage of nationally leveraged and aggregated pricing services
  
• Access a broad range of high quality products and services and
  
• Realize time and resource savings for participating members

This national, competitively bid procurement and contract process often meets or exceeds local requirements*. With NJPA, there is no need to duplicate the local formal competitive bid requirement...they have done all the work for you.

Kansas districts are eligible to participate in the program without completing any additional paperwork.

For a complete list of participating vendors, click here.

To access the NJPA online purchasing catalog, click here.

*Prior to executing the purchase order, it is a district's responsibility to interpret local purchasing laws to determine their ability to access and participate with NJPA contracts. Districts should review and accept the terms and conditions of the specific IFB of interest and to execute the purchase order with the awarded vendor.

Click to download the attached file(s):

• NJPAAdvantage - January 2010 edition