The Orbis Cascade Alliance (“Orbis Cascade” or “the Alliance”) is pleased to work with a wide variety content providers (“vendors”) to connect member and affiliate libraries with quality content for their collections.
Pricing for the consortium must be mediated through and confirmed by Alliance ER staff. Vendors are welcome to contact libraries to propose a consortial agreement for their product(s), but any prices quoted directly by vendors to subscribers are not considered valid Alliance prices.
For pricing purposes, vendors may contact the Orbis Cascade electronic resources staff for member and affiliate non-member full-time equivalent (FTE). Please note that FTE is updated annually for all members and affiliates each calendar year according to a standard formula. All pricing quotes should be based on official Alliance FTE reporting, even it varies from other sources.
Other relevant information may be requested from Alliance accounting.
Vendor invoices must be dated no earlier than the beginning of the subscription period. Each invoice needs to reference the correct Alliance purchase order.
Vendor W-9 (or appropriate W-8) must be:
- Signed and dated.
- Not older than three years.
- A current form.
Invoice processing that includes payment by check may take an additional two weeks. Orders over $500,000 require signature of the Treasurer and may take up to five weeks to produce a signed purchase order.
We prefer to use paperless billing. Please send invoices via email as PDF attachments to accounting@orbiscascade.org.
All questions related to billing should be directed to:
Amy Wheeler
Finance Manager
accounting@orbiscascade.orgOrbis Cascade Alliance
PO Box 6007
Portland OR 97228