{"id":4327,"date":"2014-10-11T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-11T16:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcsrcs.com\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2014-10-11T16:25:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T16:25:34","slug":"tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcsrcs.com\/newtheme\/tips\/","title":{"rendered":"TIPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Formerly known as TIPS\/TAPS, TIPS is \u201ca purchasing cooperative serving public and private school districts, colleges, universities, federal, state, county and city municipalities\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TIPS is an interlocal cooperative purchasing system that provides schools with the legally required competition for contracts on commonly purchased items while saving the cost of going through a competitive RFP process.<\/p>\n<p>Schools (or other government entities) can purchase from Vendors with approved bids and bypass the RFP process altogether. 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