Get it
together!
Group purchasing and
BY TOM ROBINSON
collaborations solve budget woes
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Courtesy of Educational & Institutional Cooperative Service (E&I)
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Category 1 - 13 states allowed to use cooperative purchasing
Category 2 - 25 states allow institutions autonomy from state procurement code
Category 3 - 5 states without autonomy and may or may not be allowed to use
Manage spend,
cooperative purchasing
rather than cut cost
Category 4 - 7 states restricted from using cooperative purchasing by statute
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Some institutions in Category 4 states are NOT restricted from cooperative purchasing
get inullnulls is the nullrocurenullent functionnull Despite the obvious advantages of group purchasing, many states limit their public institutions
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