Crosby Grindle
President of Cooperative Services, LLC; expert in public sector cooperative procurement and public safety solutions with 20+ years in fire service and government administration.
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Jul 20, 2026
Crosby GrindleGUEST
And my industry is full of really big, long, clunky words that aren't easy to say together.
Crosby GrindleGUEST
And so cooperative procurement is, in basic terms, is two or more governments purchasing under the same contract.
Crosby GrindleGUEST
Another way of saying this is you're using another government's procurement process and their resulting contract to satisfy your procurement requirements.
15 MINS LATER
Chris TubbsHOST
So as a fire chief, what what due diligence should, you know, me and other fire chiefs and agencies do before using a cooperative contract?