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About the Kansas City Regional Purchasing Cooperative

The objective is for the KCRPC to provide these benefits to local governments in the region:

• More cooperative contracts and more opportunities for volume discount savings to local governments.
• New initiatives and new opportunities to save money.
• New opportunities through partnerships with other local governments, schools, and national purchasing cooperatives.

Benefits will also be gained the vendor by increasing bidding opportunities, larger volumes and increasing their customer base.

Background

KCRPC is a partnership between MARC, the Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing (MACPP) and local governments. MACPP is the regional professional educational organization for public-sector purchasing professionals, and the local chapter of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP).

MARC serves as the legal entity that operates the KCRPC, under the guidance of a steering committee — composed of city and county managers and purchasing officials who provide professional and technical guidance — and MARC's Government Innovations Forum. The KCRPC program coordinator is responsible for its day-to-day activities.

KCRPC is a self-supporting enterprise program funded by a small administrative fee, based on a national average, which is built into contract pricing. All vendors awarded contracts by KCRPC are responsible for accepting purchase orders from participating agencies, tracking sales, and remitting administrative fees to MARC.