Request for Proposal for Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Membership from the Kern Medical Center
- This RFP had a pre-bid event.
The County of Kern is seeking a membership agreement with a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO). This membership will enable Kern Medical Center (KMC) to align its mission and goals with a GPO who can provide purchasing and acquisition solutions which meet or exceed the County's purchasing requirements by taking advantage of volume purchase agreements and other services in an effort to cut costs and to streamline the procurement process.
The term of the agreement will be for a period not to exceed three (3) years with the possibility of two (2) one (1) year extensions. The County of Kern has several other departments such as Public Health, Mental Health, Environmental Health, Fire, and Sheriff to name a few that might benefit from participation in KMC's GPO in order to make similar medical supply purchases. To this end, the County reserves the right to amend the signed contract resulting from this RFP in order to add other county departments should the necessity arise.
Proposers are specifically directed not to contact any County personnel, other than the Contact Person indicated below, for any purpose related to this RFP. Unauthorized contact of any County personnel may be cause for rejection of a vendor's proposal. All inquiries concerning this RFP should be directed to the following Contact Person:
Ollie Zachary
Kern Medical Center
1700 Mt. Vernon Ave
Bakersfield, California 93306-4018
Telephone: (661) 326-5101
E-mail: [email protected]
Envelopes containing the Proposals are to be marked:
PROPOSAL: Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Membership
Projected Timetable
The following dates are set forth for information and planning purposes only. These dates may be changed by County upon notice to prospective proposers:
Issuance Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .September 21, 2010
Pre-Proposal Meeting . . . . . . . . . . .October 14, 2010
Proposal Due Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . .October 26, 2010
Proposal Due Time . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Before 11:00 A.M. (PST)
