Foxbright is now a vetted vendor with CoPro+ making the vendor selection process easier than ever. There is no need to participate in a lengthy and time consuming Request for Proposal ("RFP") when cooperative contracts are allowed by Michigan statute and the bidding process has already been completed for our CoPro+ cooperative contract.
A public entity that is a CoPro+ member can purchase through CoPro+'s contracts without having to go through the competitive bid process. All CoPro+ contracts are publicly posted and bid, which means they already meet the competitive bid requirement.
CoPro+ makes it easy for public entities to participate:
- No Member Fee
- End to End Procurement Support
- Shared Collected Fee
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Who can work with CoPro+ Contracts?
All Michigan public entities can utilize CoPro+ contracts. Contracts can be altered in order for the scope of services to meet the needs of the public entity.
What is CoPro+?
CoPro+ is the fastest growing Michigan-based purchasing cooperative dedicated to public procurement. CoPro+ provides over 150 contracts that are competitively solicited and publicly awarded by a lead public agency, which is considered the best practice in the industry. CoPro+ contracts meet the requirements of MCL 124.504, which means any public agency is eligible to participate in the CoPro+ Program.
How can I benefit?
- Satisfies your competitive solicitation requirement
- Contract process completed on your behalf
- Aggressive and competitive pricing
- Exceptional product and equipment selections from industry-leading local and nationally acclaimed vendors
- Flexibility to choose your equipment, products, and services
- Substantial time and cost savings
How does it save time and money?
Normally when there's a public bid process, the public entity needs to write the RFP, perhaps requiring a consultancy firm to assist, and vendors need to respond to the solicitation. This can be time-consuming and expensive for all involved. Using contracts available through CoPro+ allows you to satisfy all your legal bidding requirements while saving time and money so you can focus your energies and your budget dollars on your mission, and not on procurement. Procurement experts have handled that part for you.
How do we know this works?
Last year, CoPro+ was able to save its members millions of dollars in cost savings and the countless hours of time it would take them to do their own RFP or ITB.