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AZNIGP Cooperative Committee, Hard at Work for All

Public Entities

much like the Master Process Guideline document, Gary Barkman, ACBS, NIGP-CPP, CPPB,
gives instructions for all our public entities when Supervisor, Procurement Specialist I, Mesa
determining whether a cooperative contract is Unified School District #4, can be reached via
needed or would it behoove the public entity to email at: gabarkman@mpsaz.org.
obtain quotes or do their own formal solicitation.
The benefits are many in this document and it even
received comments from the Auditor General's
Office and Attorney General's Office back in
contracts and QSBL contracts (Qualified Select
Bidder List contracts).

We will share these documents with each and every
one of you but not until finished in approximately
the third quarter. They should be housed on the
AZNIGP website on the public side, meaning you
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Please reach out to me should you need help
navigating the AZNIGP website or for any other
questions regarding these cooperative documents.

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