NJ QPA EVALUATION EXAMS ALL 2026 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Forms - ✔✔This section includes all the forms that a bidder needs to complete and
submit. It should include a checklist of all forms that are required.
Keep in mind that parts of the forms package may need to be customized for each bid.
✔✔Local Cooperative Purchasing Systems - ✔✔Cooperative Pricing
Joint Purchasing System
Commodity Resale System
County Cooperative Contract Purchasing
Regional Cooperative Pricing
✔✔Cooperative Pricing - ✔✔a purchasing system in which a Lead Agency advertises
for bids; awards a master contract to the vendor providing for its own needs and for the
prices to be extended to registered members; and notifies the members of the contract
awarded.
, The registered members then contract directly with the vendor for their own needs,
subject to the specifications in the master contract.
✔✔Joint Purchasing system - ✔✔a cooperative purchasing system in which the lead
agency serves as the purchasing agent for the membership of the system with all of the
duties and responsibilities attendant thereto.
The lead agency advertises for bids and awards a single contract to a vendor providing
for the payment to the contractor for its own needs and for the needs of the participating
registered members of the system.
The only contractual relationship is between the lead agency and the vendor.
✔✔Commodity Resale System - ✔✔a purchasing system in which a local contracting
unit purchases either gasoline, diesel fuel, snow removal chemicals, public works
materials and supplies, including road and roadway construction materials, or any other
such materials as may be approved by the Director for its own consumption and then
sells all or a portion thereof to another local contracting unit.
✔✔County Cooperative Contract Purchasing - ✔✔a cooperative purchasing system that
may be created only by a county government.
The county advertises for bids and awards a contract to the successful bidder.
With the approval of both the county and the successful vendor, local contracting units
located within the geographic boundary of the county may purchase under the contract
subject to its specifications, terms and conditions
✔✔Regional Cooperative Pricing - ✔✔a cooperative pricing system composed of two or
more registered cooperative pricing systems and their participating contracting units that
have agreed to join together for the provision and performance of goods and services,
including the purchase of energy
✔✔Cooperative Purchasing Systems - ✔✔Local Cooperative Purchasing Systems
State Contracts
Nationally-recognized & Accepted Cooperative Purchasing Agreements
✔✔State Contracts - ✔✔Any contracting unit may, without advertising for bids or having
rejected all bids, purchase any goods or services under any contract or contracts for
such goods or services entered into on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase
and Property in the Department of the Treasury
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Forms - ✔✔This section includes all the forms that a bidder needs to complete and
submit. It should include a checklist of all forms that are required.
Keep in mind that parts of the forms package may need to be customized for each bid.
✔✔Local Cooperative Purchasing Systems - ✔✔Cooperative Pricing
Joint Purchasing System
Commodity Resale System
County Cooperative Contract Purchasing
Regional Cooperative Pricing
✔✔Cooperative Pricing - ✔✔a purchasing system in which a Lead Agency advertises
for bids; awards a master contract to the vendor providing for its own needs and for the
prices to be extended to registered members; and notifies the members of the contract
awarded.
, The registered members then contract directly with the vendor for their own needs,
subject to the specifications in the master contract.
✔✔Joint Purchasing system - ✔✔a cooperative purchasing system in which the lead
agency serves as the purchasing agent for the membership of the system with all of the
duties and responsibilities attendant thereto.
The lead agency advertises for bids and awards a single contract to a vendor providing
for the payment to the contractor for its own needs and for the needs of the participating
registered members of the system.
The only contractual relationship is between the lead agency and the vendor.
✔✔Commodity Resale System - ✔✔a purchasing system in which a local contracting
unit purchases either gasoline, diesel fuel, snow removal chemicals, public works
materials and supplies, including road and roadway construction materials, or any other
such materials as may be approved by the Director for its own consumption and then
sells all or a portion thereof to another local contracting unit.
✔✔County Cooperative Contract Purchasing - ✔✔a cooperative purchasing system that
may be created only by a county government.
The county advertises for bids and awards a contract to the successful bidder.
With the approval of both the county and the successful vendor, local contracting units
located within the geographic boundary of the county may purchase under the contract
subject to its specifications, terms and conditions
✔✔Regional Cooperative Pricing - ✔✔a cooperative pricing system composed of two or
more registered cooperative pricing systems and their participating contracting units that
have agreed to join together for the provision and performance of goods and services,
including the purchase of energy
✔✔Cooperative Purchasing Systems - ✔✔Local Cooperative Purchasing Systems
State Contracts
Nationally-recognized & Accepted Cooperative Purchasing Agreements
✔✔State Contracts - ✔✔Any contracting unit may, without advertising for bids or having
rejected all bids, purchase any goods or services under any contract or contracts for
such goods or services entered into on behalf of the State by the Division of Purchase
and Property in the Department of the Treasury
