{"id":4149,"date":"2023-10-17T14:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T18:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/?post_type=community&#038;p=4149"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T15:06:26","slug":"costar-suppliers-announcement","status":"publish","type":"community","link":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/community\/costar-suppliers-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re Now Official PA COSTARS Suppliers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our team is proud to announce that we just recently became official PA COSTARTS suppliers!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is COSTARS?<\/strong><br \/>\nCOSTARS, established by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS), is a Cooperative Purchasing Program, acting as a bridge connecting suppliers with over 9,000 COSTARS members. This initiative sees an impressive spending of over $1 billion annually by its members through the COSTARS program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COSTARS Mission:<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the heart of the COSTARS Program is a commitment to offering members competitively priced contracts while broadening avenues for both suppliers and member partners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is this Important for Our Community?<\/strong><br \/>\nBeing an official COSTARS supplier means we&#8217;re recognized by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a trusted partner. COSTARS serves to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Boost Procurement Savings<\/strong>: Encouraging members to secure the best value, thanks to an active partnership with the Commonwealth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Open Opportunities<\/strong>: Whether large or small, COSTARS provides suppliers the chance to vie for member businesses.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guaranteed Competitive Pricing: <\/strong>Ensuring contracts are competitively priced for all involved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Furthermore, the Commonwealth Procurement Code authorizes only registered entities with DGS to purchase via COSTARS, reinforcing the trust and credibility of the program.<\/p>\n<p>Join us in this exciting phase as we pledge to offer top-tier services in line with COSTARS&#8217; values. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dgs.pa.gov\/COSTARS\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to learn more about COSTARS!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our team is proud to announce that we just recently became official PA COSTARTS suppliers! What is COSTARS? COSTARS, established by the Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS), is a Cooperative Purchasing Program, acting as a bridge connecting suppliers with over 9,000 COSTARS members. This initiative sees an impressive spending of over $1 billion annually<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/community\/costar-suppliers-announcement\/\">Read the full article <em class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4149","community","type-community","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/4149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/community"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/community\/4149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certapro.com\/blue-bell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}