Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/ Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
Purpose: To provide Membership into the Minnesota Multistate Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy (MMCAP Infuse).
Entity Address: 50 Sherburne Avenue, Suite 112, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
Contract Amount: No municipal funds required
Funding Source: Not Applicable
Contract Period: Upon Municipal Council approval
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X ) N/A
Additional Information:
The Minnesota Multistate Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy (MMCAP Infuse), is a National Cooperative Purchasing Program.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") in furtherance of its goals to search for lower costs, greater efficiency and improve product quality wishes to enter into an Inter-local Contract for Cooperative Purchasing; and
WHEREAS, cooperative purchasing is an inclusive term used to describe all purchasing systems where two (2) or more local contracting units join together for the provision or performance of goods or services as provided for by the Local Public Contracts Law; and
WHEREAS, the purchase of goods or services by two (2) or more contracting units increases proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark, a sub-political body of the State of New Jersey is permitted to join Cooperative Purchasing Programs, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:34-6.2(b)(3); and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Multistate Contracting Alliance for Pharmacy ("MMCAP Infuse") Cooperative Purchasing Program is a nationally recognized and accepted cooperative purchasing organization; and
WHEREAS, the MMCAP Infuse system was developed for the pu...
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