Specifications include, but are not limited to: • Provide government entities opportunitiesfor greater efficiency and economy in acquiring goods and services through competitively procured vendor agreements. • Provide comprehensive purchasing practices according the Laws of the State of Texas and Federal Regulation 2 CFR part 200, when appropriate, and is designed to result in competitive agreements that meet a wide variety of needs. • Provide competitively priced purchasing optionsfor multiple government entitiesthat yields economic benefits usually unobtainable by the individual entity. • Provide quick and efficient delivery of goods and services by entering into pricing agreements with “high performance” vendors. • Equalized purchasing power for smaller entities. • Maintain credibility and confidence in business procedures by maintaining free, full and open competition for purchases and by complying with purchasing laws and ethical business practices. • Provide document retention for competitive procurement processfor all EPIC6 Awarded Agreements.
