Is anyone familiar with a Purchasing Cooperative called OMNIA Partners or have any of your Cities/Towns used OMNIA to make purchases that would otherwise require competitive bidding? It is my understanding that contracts for goods and services are competitively solicited and publicly awarded to vendors by a government entity acting as the lead agency. Those vendor contracts and prices are available to other government entities through the OMNIA Partners Purchasing Cooperative. My Town is looking to buy playground equipment and have same installed at a cost in excess of $100,000.00. The Town has been contacted by a Vendor who was awarded a playground equipment contract by a city in North Carolina and that contract is part of OMNIA. I have several concerns with using OMNIA: 1. I do not know whether the North Carolina City that awarded the playground equipment contract to Vendor complied with the Competitive Bidding Act of 1974 which is required pursuant to Title 61 O.S. § 103(G); and 2. Town's ordinances do not provide for purchases from a vendor affiliated with a purchasing cooperative which would therefore preclude purchases through OMNIA. Any information, thoughts or insight you can provide will be appreciated. Thanks, Joe Weaver -------------------------------- Joe Weaver Attorney At Law 405.262.4040 405.262.4058 fax joe@basslaw.net<mailto:agbass@basslaw.net> [cid:image001.png@01D768E8.063FB9E0] www.basslaw.net 104 N. Rock Island Ave. P.O. Box 157 El Reno, OK 73036 NOTICE: The information contained in this transmission is or may be protected by the attorney-client and/or the attorney work product privilege and is confidential. It is intended only for the use of the individual or entity identified above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination or distribution of the accompanying communication is prohibited. No applicable privilege is waived by the party sending this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply and delete the original message from your system. Circular 230 Disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachments) is not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein.