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Board <br />National Purchasing Cooperative <br />NATIONAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE <br />INTERLOCAL PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT <br />This Interlocal Participation Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered into on the date indicated <br />below by and between The National Purchasing Cooperative ("Cooperative"), an administrative agency of <br />cooperating local governments, acting on its own behalf and the behalf of all participating local governments, <br />and the undersigned local government ("Cooperative Member"). <br />I. RECITALS <br />WHEREAS, the National Purchasing Cooperative was formed on May 26, 2010, pursuant to MD. CODE <br />ANN., STATE Farr. & PROC. § 13-110 (West 2009), and R.I.GEN.LAws § 16-2-9.2 (2009); and <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance with state procurement <br />requirements, to identify qualified vendors of commodities, goods and services, to relieve the burdens of the <br />governmental purchasing function, and to realize the various potential economies, including administrative cost <br />savings, for Cooperative Members; <br />NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, promises and obligations contained <br />herein, the undersigned Cooperative Member and the Cooperative agree as follows. <br />II. TERMS AND CONDITIONS <br />1. Adopt Organizational Interlocal Cooperation Agreement. The Cooperative Member by the execution <br />or acceptance of this Agreement hereby adopts and approves the Organizational Interlocal Agreement <br />dated May 26, 2010, which agreement is incorporated herein by reference (and is available from the <br />Cooperative upon request). The Organizational Interlocal Agreement established the Cooperative as an <br />administrative agency of its collective participants, and Cooperative Member agrees to become a <br />participant or additional party to that Organizational Interlocal Agreement. <br />2. Term. The initial term of this Agreement shall commence on the date it is executed by both parties and <br />shall automatically renew for successive one-year terms unless sooner terminated in accordance with the <br />provisions of this Agreement. <br />3. Termination. <br />(a) By the Cooperative Member. This Agreement may be terminated by the Cooperative Member <br />at any time by thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Cooperative, provided any amounts <br />owed to any vendor have been fully paid. <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />(Revised by the Cooperative Board of Trustees on March 10, 2016). <br />