FAQs for Vendors

General Questions about MRPC

• Why do I need to respond to the Request For Proposal (RFP)?  Can't schools just buy from me anyway? 

• Why do I have to pay a $20 registration fee? 

• What bids/Requests for Proposals (RFP) does the MRPC offer?

• Where can I get a copy of the RFPs to see if I am interested in responding? 

• Where can I get a copy of previous years' tabulations? 

• My company carries products that would apply to more than one of these bids/RFPs.  Can I respond to more than one? 

• My company offers services, not products.  Should I respond to one of these RFPs?

• When will the bids/RFPs be posted? 

• How will I be notified that the MRPC has posted a bid/RFP?

• How are bids/RFPs awarded? When will I receive notice of award?

Questions about the Catalog RFPs

• What is a catalog RFP?  I'm not responding with a specific price. 

• The discount I can offer varies depending on the manufacturer or type of product. How do I indicate that when I respond to the RFP? 

• My company's catalog prices usually change on January 1 (or at some other time during the year).  How does that affect my response? 

• Once I've been approved as a catalog vendor, why do I have to respond every year? 

• I don't have a printed catalog. My prices are found on my website. Is that okay? 

• Am I allowed to contact the schools on the MRPC list? To whom should I send my catalog? 

HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR RESPONSE PROCESS

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT USING THE ONLINE RESPONSE SYSTEM

Questions about the Combined Purchasing Line Item Bid

• What is this Combined Purchasing bid? 

• I don't see my product offered on the bid.  How do I get my item added to the list?

• How is the bid evaluated?

• When will I deliver my products to the ordering schools? 

STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS

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