NJPA - About Us - (Page 5) FAQs Frequently Asked Questions DOES NJPA HAVE A PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC PURCHASING BOARD OF ADVISORS? Yes. At this point all current Participating Members are a part of our Board of Advisors. We are currently in the process of appointing an “Executive Member Advisory Board.” NJPA is developing a process to allow Members to be nominated by and then elected by the Membership. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE NJPA? • Access competitively bid contracts, procured by a municipal contracting agency that your agency is a part of. • Nationally leveraged and aggregated pricing and services. • No cost Membership. Membership establishes a legal paper trail between NJPA and the Member justifying contract access. • Nationally acclaimed and recognized Vendors. • Broad range of high quality products and services. • Comfort level of contracts solicited, awarded and monitored by a municipal agency governed by publicly elected board of directors. • NJPA conducts an annual independent audit as a municipal contracting agency. The annual audit is submitted to the State of • • Minnesota as required by state law. Considerable time and resource savings for participating Members. Because our Membership is a Joint Powers Agreement, your municipality is an owner as well as a Member of NJPA. You actually become a represented participant in the bidding process. CAN MY PUBLIC AGENCY USE NJPA CONTRACTS WITHOUT GOING OUT FOR SOLICITATION? Yes, in most states. All NJPA bid contracts have been competitively solicited nationally, reviewed and awarded by the NJPA Board of Directors in accordance with Minnesota public purchasing rules and regulations under the Municipal Contracting Laws, M.S. 471.345. Each solicitation and IFB contains language which includes all qualified customers in all fifty states. The IFB advises all responders that they must apply to all qualified customers in all fifty states and in some cases the provinces and territories of Canada. All IFB respondents understand that these contracts shall be used by member governmental, educational and non profit agencies throughout the United States. CAN AGENCIES OTHER THAN GOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES USE THE PROGRAM? Yes, under M.S. 123A.21, all non-profit agencies may participate. WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC STATUTE LANGUAGE THAT WILL GIVE MY AGENCY THE AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE? Minnesota Statute 471.59 Joint Exercise of Powers Law and our enabling legislation are described in great detail on pages 8 and 9 of this document. 5 http://www.njpacoop.org
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