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Value First GPO through LeadingAge Florida

Value First is a national group purchasing organization owned in part by LeadingAge Florida and the 25 other LeadingAge state affiliates. This free LeadingAge Florida member benefit, allows access to nationally negotiated pricing for a comprehensive array of goods and services.

There is NO cost to enroll. To begin taking advantage of cost savings, you simply sign a no obligation Participation Agreement (PA) that gives you access to ValueFirst vendors, which include many nationally well-known companies that you may already be using.

Value First is a non-exclusive program. Members can enroll and purchase through Value First, and participate in other Group Purchasing Organizations at the same time.

Your Value First member benefit offers:

• Significant savings due to national volume buying power
• Dedicated staff at LeadingAge Florida will do the cost study "leg work" identifying savings for your community that includes but is not limited to:

• Medical supplies
• Food distributors
• Environmental
• Office supplies
• And many more!

Value First and HPSI Purchasing Services announced affiliation agreement that became effective January 1, 2021.

Founded in 1964 with four Southern California Hospitals, HPSI is the Nation’s most experienced healthcare procurement services company. Now part of Aramark’s family of GPO’s operating under the Avendra umbrella, we offer the best combination of financial stability breadth of agreements and best in class pricing. HPSI serves more than 19,000 members Nationwide.

To serve the full range of the senior living industry, HPSI has developed a broad set of supplier contracts that offer a variety of quality tiers and a wide range of products and services.

As the Value First strategic procurement partner, HPSI will provide the operational support and controls needed to efficiently manage your supply chain and continue to build a strong financial future.

Eligibility

Any provider of services to the elderly. In fact, if you are already enrolled in LeadingAge’s GPO, you’re in! If not, enroll by signing a simple participation agreement which gives you access to all of the vendors but does not obligate you to purchase. You can pick and choose as many or as few of the contracts from the portfolio of vendors as you need. You can belong to more than one GPO. This is a non exclusive program.

Questions on How to Enroll

Enroll at no cost to you. Contact Robert Bernal at LeadingAge Florida at (850) 509-8112. 

To learn more, visit the Value First website. 

A GPO designed primarily for providers of Services to the Elderly, Housing, CCRCs and Independent Living