Joint Purchasing Project & Surplus Material Exchange

Joint Purchasing Project Overview

The Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) was formed in 1978 for the purpose of providing a means for its members to benefit from a joint association of fellow municipally-owned utilities, including joint purchasing of services, materials, supplies, and equipment utilized in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

In July of 1994 by action of its Board of Directors FMPA created a Project for the joint purchasing of services, materials, supplies, and equipment utilized in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity.

Those FMPA members desiring to share in the benefits of joint purchasing of services, materials, supplies and equipment have executed a Project Agreement with FMPA and are a Participating Member of the Project.

The Project Agreement between FMPA and the Project Participants provides for FMPA to administer the Project for the selection, bidding, and awarding of services, materials, supplies, and equipment utilized by the Project Participating Member and for the Project Participating Member to secure services, materials, supplies, and equipment through this Project, thus enjoying the benefits resulting from bulk purchasing.

However, bids will be accepted only from approved manufacturers. To lean more about the Joint Purchase Project, vendors and potential bidders are encouraged to attend a Joint Purchasing Project meeting. All meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 10:00AM at FMPA's offices.

Contact member.services@fmpa.com, or call FMPA's offices for further information.

Surplus Material Exchange Overview

The Material Exchange is a small part of the larger Joint Purchase Project.  FMPA staff is available to coordinate the disposition of surplus materials among member cities.  If a member has surplus materials, FMPA is contacted; staff then initiates the contact with other member cities, who may be interested in the material.