The City of Iowa City Sells Big with GovDeals.com
The City of Iowa City recently sold many of its historic City Park amusement rides by using GovDeals.com. Using the online government surplus auction website to sell their miniature train ride, Ferris wheel and carousel, along with other rides, returned over $80,000 to the city fund. These funds will help in bringing a new, bigger adventure playground to the City for the public’s enjoyment.
GovDeals.com can help get items in front of potential buyers across the country. Items ranging from computer equipment to fire and police vehicles and equipment to various pieces of furniture have been sold on the auction website. The GovDeals.com contract is available to all NPPGov members.
Leveraging Cooperative Contracts Strategically
Executive Director of NCPP, Tammy Rimes, recently wrote an article in Government Procurement about the strategic evolution of cooperative contracts. Public procurement teams are consistently being asked to do more with less staff. They must continually use all the resources at their disposal, one of them being cooperative contracts. As procurement personnel tackle the challenges they are faced with, cooperative contracts have evolved to provide even more help. The change is driven by government teams leveraging cooperative contracts even more efficiently.
