DEPO uniquely provides powerful cost-saving procurement, financing, leasing and global surplus equipment auction services that enable
state and local governments (cities, counties, states, school and hospital districts, airports, transit agencies, associations, etc.)
("SLGs") to save
money, reduce budget shortfalls and the costs of providing government services.
COOPERATIVE BUYING / DEMAND AGGREGATION
Save by pooling your "high-ticket" capital asset (police cars, transit buses, fire trucks, school buses, etc.) and commodity purchases
(gasoline, diesel, bio-diesel and 450 other fuels; water and waste water treatment chemicals) with other SLGs.
GENERAL BENEFITS/FEATURES
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Nationwide pooling of "high-ticket" purchases - generates meaningful savings |
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All SLGs know the benefits of pooling their purchases, but also know they are difficult to organize - DEPO takes the work out of pooling |
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Configurable capital assets or commodities |
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Facilitates and reduces the cost of your "green" programs |
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Clean burning fuels and low - emission vehicles |
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Maintain your own specs and incorporate your IFBs/documents |
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New Supplier bidding procedures permit small volume buyers to enjoy the same base pricing as large buyers |
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Pooled financing or leasing also saves money |
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Improved supplier payment mechanisms - on the way |
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Improved "recovery" from global surplus equipment auctions - coming soon |
| NEW -- MOTOR FUEL POOL IMPROVEMENTS |

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You may elect to "Unbundle" your fuel bid requests -- this will permit each link in the fuel chain
(Refiner/Supplier and Distributor/Jobber/Trucking Company) to bid what each is best equipped to handle.
The Refiner/Supplier can bid the sale of physical fuel delivered to the local rack (storage facilities
along the pipelines) and the Distributor can bid the delivery from the local rack to your storage tanks.
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| What to expect if you choose to Unbundle your bid requests |
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More bids and more aggressive pricing for each component |
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Greater WBE/MBE participation |
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Some Suppliers may bid both, some will bid only where they can add the most value |
| NEW -- INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS |

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| The use of the DEPO platform is free of charge to SLGs |
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SLGs do not hire, contract with or pay DEPO a fee |
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They do not cede discretion to DEPO or to any private entity |
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They evaluate their own bids and accept or reject them as they have in the past |
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If an SLG awards a contract, the contract is solely between the SLG and the Supplier(s) it selects |
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As an alternative to direct participation, some SLGs prefer to participate through an Interlocal Agreement among SLGs.
DEPO and its partners now provide an easy opportunity to participate in an Interlocal Agreement with other SLGs in order to exercise
the pricing leverage of a Buying Cooperative through the DEPO platform.
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