ACQNET: Contracts with Vendors

From: Eleanor Cook <cookei_at_appstate.edu> Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 20:30:43 -0500 To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu

Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:50:25 -0500
From: Gretchen Gabbert (Las Vegas - Clark Co. Lib. District)
<gabbertg_at_LVCCLD.ORG>
Subject: Contracts With Vendors

We have recently been asked to sign a 3-year contract with our primary
book vendor and will receive certain services and discounts only if we
maintain a stated volume of business.  In the past I have signed MOAs
for approval plans, but this is different

Have others been asked to sign similar contracts?
Is this current common practice?
What happens if you do not sign?
Have service and discounts been affected, positively or adversely, if
you do or do not sign?

If you have had a similar experience, or have some thoughts on this
subject, I would appreciate hearing from you.

Thank you.

Gretchen

Gretchen W. Gabbert
Head of Acquisitions
Las Vegas - Clark County Library District
833 Las Vegas Boulevard North
Las Vegas, NV  89128
V: 702-507-3556
F: 702-507-3558
gabbertg_at_lvccld.org
www.lvccld.org

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