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Nationwide pooling of "high-ticket" purchases - generates meaningful savings.
Save by pooling your "high-ticket" capital asset (police cars, service vehicles, 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 state and local
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The use of the DEPO platform is free of charge to SLGs
 SLGs do not hire, contract with or pay DEPO a fee
They do not cede discretion to DEPO or to any private entity
They evaluate their own bids and accept or reject them as they have in the past
If an SLG awards a contract, the contract is solely between the SLG and the Supplier(s) it selects
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All SLGs know the benefits of pooling their purchases, but also know cooperative purchases are difficult to organize
DEPO takes the work out of pooling |
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Configurable capital assets and commodities
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Facilitates and reduces the cost of your green initiatives
Clean burning fuels and low - emission vehicles |
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Maintain your own product specs and |
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Incorporate your IFBs/documents or build your IFB online |
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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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Inter-local Agreements for those that need them |
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Unbundle your fuel purchase/delivery or continue to bundle your bid requests as before
What to expect if you choose to Unbundle
More bids and more aggressive pricing for each component
Greater WBE/MBE participation
Some Suppliers may bid both, some will bid only where they can add the most value
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Financing
Pooled financing or leasing also saves money
Improved supplier payment mechanisms - on the way
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Surplus Auctions Improved recovery from global surplus equipment auctions - coming soon |
