ESBD_424949_1748980575936_6-2-25 Overview of 2025 GPO Accreditation Program(4992728.1).pdf
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This document is an overview of the 2025 Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Accreditation Program by the University of Texas (UT) System Board of Regents. Approved in February 2016, the program ensures that UT System institutions can only utilize contracts from GPOs, including Texas state agencies performing GPO functions, if those GPOs have sourcing processes accredited by UT System as meeting minimum procurement standards established by the State of Texas and the UT System Board of Regents.
The UT System Office of Collaborative Business Services (OCBS) will manage the Program, with Paul Steinkraus serving as the primary point of contact for applicants. New candidates must complete and submit a GPO Accreditation Program Survey and Consent Form, and UT System reserves the right to audit records and processes related to the accreditation. GPOs that fail to secure or maintain accreditation, or decline to participate in the accreditation process, will be prohibited from providing GPO services to UT System and its institutions.
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Overview of 2025 GPO Accreditation Program
Background In February 2016, the UT System Board of Regents approved a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Accreditation Program and delegated to the Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs (EVCBA) the authority to execute the Program. The purpose of the Program is to ensure that UT System institutions utilize contracts offered by GPOs, including Texas state agencies performing GPO functions, only if the GPOs use sourcing processes accredited by UT System as meeting minimum procurement standards established by the State of Texas and the UT System Board of Regents. GPOs that fail to secure or maintain accreditation, or that decline to participate in the accreditation process, cannot be used by UT System or its institutions for GPO services.
Operating Procedures The Operating Procedures provided to accreditation applicants describe the accreditation process in detail and associated timing. All new, interested candidates for accreditation must complete and submit with their application the GPO Accreditation Program Survey and GPO Accreditation Program Consent Form. UT System will have the right to audit the records and processes referenced in the accreditation process.
The UT System Office of Collaborative Business Services (OCBS), formerly the UT System Office of Shared Services (UTSS), will manage the Program. Paul Steinkraus of OCBS will be the primary point of contact for questions from candidates during the application process. All questions regarding the Program, whenever they arise, will be restricted to written communications submitted to Paul at psteinkraus@utsystem.edu.
6-2-25 Overview of 2025 GPO Accreditation Program mailto:psteinkraus@utsystem.edu
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