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	EL PASO COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT D/B/A






Request for Proposal 

Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) Services
RFP # 913-06-26-001
June 22, 2026




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Due Date: August 10, 2026 @ 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time (MT)

Request Number:RFP 913-06-26-001Vendor Name:Vendor Address:Contact Name:Phone Number:Contact E-Mail:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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OBJECTIVE 

University Medical Center of El Paso intends to select a single national health GPO that offers the services, resources and tools to achieve our mission. In particular, UMC is seeking a GPO that will provide the best value in the GPOs core offering involving sourcing and contracting. This to include, but not limited to the following:
Analytics/Informatics with Benchmarking
Contracting Portfolio - GPO
Product Pricing & Financial Impact to UMC
Technology
Disaster (Hurricane) Preparedness and Mitigation
Pandemic Response
Pharmacy
Supply Chain
Value Analysis Tools and Support
Onsite / Dedicated Resources
Market Intelligence & Delivery System Strategy

BACKGROUND

The El Paso County Hospital District is a not-for-profit, community-owned healthcare organization operating in El Paso, Texas, providing acute care services as well as outpatient and primary care services spanning virtually all major healthcare service lines.  University Medical Center of El Paso is the largest public hospital located directly on the U.S./Mexico border and it is the only teaching hospital in the West Texas/Southern New Mexico region, affiliated with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.  It also has affiliation agreements with numerous educational institutions in the region, including the University of Texas at El Paso, Southwest University, El Paso Community College, and others. Accredited by the Joint Commission and licensed for 354 beds, the hospital admits approximately 16,000 patients each year.  Approximately 70,000 patients are seen in its Emergency Department annually. The University Medical Center of El Paso also serves as the regions only Level 1 Trauma Center. The hospital is also a Center of Excellence in Mother/Baby care and a Level 4 Maternal Care facility (the highest level of care possible). One third of all babies born in El Paso County annually are born at UMC of El Paso. University Medical Center of El Paso is also the regions only Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Level 1 Stroke Center.  

The hospital began in 1915 as El Paso County Hospital. Its mission today is To Heal, To Serve and To Educate. 

University Medical Center of El Pasos Vision is: To be the first choice for healthcare in the Southwest. 
We are committed to C.A.R.E.S values throughout the El Paso County Hospital District: 
Community  Pursue access to healthcare for all members of our community.
Accountability  Embrace responsibility for the outcomes resulting from our choices and actions.
Respect  Treat everyone with dignity and compassion.
Excellence  Provide the highest quality of care.
Service  Exceed each customers expectations every time. 
University Medical Center of El Paso is a university-affiliated teaching hospital, sharing its campus with the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. Texas Tech Universitys medical school designated UMC of El Paso as its primary teaching facility in 1973. Resident physicians receive post-graduate training in Family Practice, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Pathology, Radiology, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Orthopedic, and other specialties/fields. 

Additionally, Allied Health Career students receive their clinical training at University Medical Center of El Paso through memorandums of agreements with the University of Texas at El Paso, the El Paso Community College, New Mexico State University and 50 other educational institutions.

Twice in the 1990s and again in 2008, UMC of El Paso was recognized as one of the nations top performing hospitals in a study titled 100 Top Hospitals: Benchmarks for Success.  
Since the early 1990s, UMC of El Paso has been designated by the White House as the primary hospital to provide medical care to the President and Vice President of the United States, should it be needed during their visits through the region.

SCOPE OF SERVICES  

University Medical Center of El Paso intends to select a single national health GPO that offers the services, resources and tools to achieve our mission. In particular, UMC is seeking a GPO that will provide the best value in the GPOs core offering involving sourcing and contracting. 

This to include, but not limited to the following:
Analytics/Informatics with Benchmarking
Contracting Portfolio - GPO
Product Pricing & Financial Impact to UMC
Technology
Disaster (Hurricane) Preparedness and Mitigation
Pandemic Response
Pharmacy
Supply Chain
Value Analysis Tools and Support
Onsite / Dedicated Resources
Market Intelligence & Delivery System Strategy
UMC seeks to understand and evaluate how each GPO, based on their individual strengths, assets and vision for the future, would partner with UMC to achieve the following outcomes:
Guaranteed best-in-class pricing for commodities and pharmaceuticals (including standardization and utilization capabilities).
Autonomy to do local contract, as deemed necessary and without limitation, with the understanding that a reduction in volume could affect the level of GPO benefits from rebates and other incentives such as tiered pricing. 
Financial value with a focused emphasis on the price paid at procurement or acquisition and aggressive administrative fee share back models. Rebates will also be pursued; however, they should be additive to the overall financial value proposition. 
Access to best-in-class subject matter expertise and technical resources within targeted contracting areas and for specific UMC initiatives; fees to access and utilize these resources must be transparent.
Access to best-in-class analytics, reporting, tools and resources with a proven ability to capture and analyze data from disparate information systems and subsequently produce actionable information to be used by UMC internal and/or external subject matter experts. 
Ability to interview and provide input for all dedicated resources and/or subject matter experts assigned to UMC.
UMC is seeking a partner to c