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Canadian Communities is an international affiliate of U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance, a nonprofit instrumentality of government, that helps public agencies reduce the cost of purchased goods by combining the purchasing power of public agencies internationally. This objective is accomplished by competitively tendering quality products by a lead public agency and making the resulting contract available to other public agencies internationally. Canadian Communities' founding co-sponsors include the Association of School Business Officials, International and the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing. These founding co-sponsors also serve on the Governing Board.
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- Competitively tendered contracts by a lead public agency
- Most favorable public agency pricing
- No cost to participate
- Meets agreement on Internal Trade
- Non-exclusive contracts
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Yes. The Canadian Communities is operated in cooperation with nationally recognized public procurement professionals representing the following public agencies:
- Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School District
- City of St. Albert
- Edmonton Public Schools
- Foothills School Division No. 38
- City of Airdrie
- City of Edmonton
- Rocky View School division No. 41
- Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
- York Region District School Board
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Public agencies and nonprofits must register to participate The registration includes consent to a master intergovernmental cooperative purchasing agreement with the various lead public agencies and is intended to meet the legal requirements of participation in the program. A single registration allows participation in all lead agency contracts. There are no minimum purchase requirements of a public agency. |
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Public agencies pay no fees to participate. Canadian Communities is funded by the suppliers through an administrative fee. The administrative fee funds the operating expenses and offsets costs incurred by sponsors. |
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The following agencies can use the program:
- Federal
- Provincial & Territorial
- Crown Corporations
- Municipal Academic
- Health & Social
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