Walnut Creek, CA- U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance introduced its international affiliate Canadian Communities today. Canadian Communities is sponsored by the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing and the Association of School Business Officials International. Designed in cooperation with Canadian government and education purchasing professionals, Canadian Communities provides an international purchasing forum for municipal, academic, social, health, federal, and provincial agencies as well as territories and crown corporations throughout Canada by pooling the purchasing power of thousands of government and education agencies internationally. All Canadian Communities contracts are competitively/transparently tendered and are in compliance with the Agreement on Internal trade.

Relating the importance of the Canadian Communities program, Rick Grimm, NIGP Chief Executive Officer, asserts, "NIGP's enthusiastic sponsorship of Canadian Communities is a reflection of our mission to support the needs of our Canadian members and professional colleagues. Canadian Communities is a no-cost and no-obligation option for Canada's purchasing professionals for realize significant "hard-" and "soft-dollar" cost savings to their agencies and communities."

Canadian Communities currently offers six contracts through five suppliers for such commodity areas as Office and School Supplies, Office Furniture, Data Communications, National Security, Maintenance, Repair & Operations and Homeland Security/Public Safety.

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