Purchasing & Endorsed Programs
Access Frayda Bluestein's presentation on
purchasing flexibility
for school districts here.
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U.S. Communities – is a non-profit, group purchasing
cooperative that assists public agencies in reducing the cost of purchased
goods through pooling the purchasing power of governmental agencies
nationwide. U.S. Communities provides bulk volume discounts through
non-exclusive agreements that have been competitively solicited by a lead
public agency. For more information, visit
www.uscommunities.org or call
Molly Ryan at (919) 841-4040 x 315 or email
mryan@ncsba.org.
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GovDeals – offers on-line auctions of government owned
surplus, confiscated, and abandoned equipment. Your surplus items are
offered immediately for auction to a global audience of active buyers. For
more information, visit www.govdeals.com
or contact Molly Ryan at (919) 841-4040 x 315 or
mryan@ncsba.org
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Asset Management Technologies – offers on-line reverse
auction procurement where suppliers compete to provide the lowest cost bid.
Because this is done online, you can watch vendors bid lower and lower
prices in real time. Click on the following links to get started: "Getting
Started" and "Opportunity
Worksheet" You may also visit
www.bidamt.com or contact Molly Ryan at (919) 841-4040 x 315 or
mryan@ncsba.org
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SchoolDude.com – provides web-based operations
management solutions for educational institutions. SchoolDude’s products are
designed specifically for schools and include solutions for work order
processing, technology incident management, preventive maintenance, capital
planning, facility usage scheduling, field trip management, utility
tracking, and inventory management. Because SchoolDude’s application
services are delivered over the Internet, the technology is affordable for
both small and large school districts. To learn more, go to
www.schooldude.com contact Molly Ryan at (919) 841-4040 x 319, or
mryan@ncsba.org.
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NCSBA is pleased to announce our partnership with the
Federal Automated Recovery System (FARS). FARS provides an efficient method
of electronically recovering NSF checks that are passed through school
district accounts everyday. FARS utilizes federal and state laws allowing
the electronic recovery process of NSF checks which results in a high rate
of recovery at no cost to the school district.
There is no district cost to participate in this
service. The district pays no upfront retainer or annual renewal fee for
this protection.
For more information, contact NCSBA Director of Finance
Dana Roberts at
droberts@ncsba.org.
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