Eileen Sigmund, President and CEORobert Di Bacco, Chief Operating Officer

Arizona Charter Schools AssociationBusiness and Operations Support

Offering support to charter business leaders thru:

1. Centralized Resources2. Leveraged Purchasing Power3. “Charter MarketPlace”

Business and Operations Support

Centralized Resources

Brain-trust to minimize soft-costs of researching products, pricing and businesses.

Uses information of specific schools’ needs to help schools save money i.e. Secured exclusive pricing for a Scholastic literacy program for 6 schools

2013 Business Summit (November 14, 2013)

The Association has established charter school purchasing agreements with specified merchants to leverage the collective size of the number of charter schools in the state.• Charter School Purchasing Agreements - Negotiated rates for charter

schools with specific businesses based on economies of scale. • Merchant Vetting - Establish relevance and experience of businesses

wishing to market thru the Association to charter schools. • Soliciting Multiple Bids - Purchasing agreements are established by

soliciting multiple bids from local and national businesses in order to establish and secure the most aggressive pricing and highest standard of service for Arizona schools.

Leveraged Purchasing Power

Charter MarketPlace

• Launching at 2013 Business Summit (November 14, 2013)• Online platform (http://chartermarketplace.org/) for schools to

search, find, and review companies that do business with charter schools.

• Opportunities for businesses to offer exclusive discounts to charter schools.

• Rating and comment component for schools to see what other schools have said about a specific company.

• Ability for the Association to intervene in the event a school is unsatisfied with the service they receive from a company on Charter MarketPlace.

Charter MarketPlaceHomepage

Charter MarketPlaceExclusive Discounts

Charter MarketPlaceSearch by Category

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