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Alamogordo joins two purchasing cooperatives; staff discusses “infrastructure-as-a-service” option
Summary
The commission approved membership in two national purchasing cooperatives to allow procurement of software and to explore infrastructure-as-a-service financing for city capital needs, including water meters, with no membership fees reported.
The Alamogordo City Commission approved two motions to join national purchasing cooperatives by unanimous votes, allowing the city to use cooperative purchasing agreements to buy software and to explore a financing model called “infrastructure as a service.”
Staff explained that membership in the National Purchasing Partners (NPP) and the Purchasing Cooperative of America (PCA) will allow the city to buy pivotal dispatch software and evaluate infrastructure-as-a-service deals without issuing citywide solicitations…
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