1 Vendor Management (VM) VM-11 Vendor Price List Revised: October 1, 2020 Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention WIC Nutrition Program

Effective: October 1, 2012 Policy No.VM-11 Revised: October 1, 2020

Vendor Price Lists

Authority

7 CFR § 246.4 (a)(14)(vi)

Policy 1. Price list information shall be collected from vendors. The State Agency shall collect price data at a minimum of twice a year, but may collect more frequently at the State Agency discretion. Procedures 1. Data collected has food prices for: 1.1. All brands and sizes of supplemental foods; 1.2. Highest price supplemental food items within food categories; and 1.3. All authorized vendors. 2. The State Agency verifies price data provided by vendors during routine monitoring visits and if the vendor is identified as a high-risk vendor. 3. The State Agency analyzes price data on a routine or as needed basis and uses it to: 3.1. Calculate the Maximum Allowable Redemption value for each food item based upon peer grouping; 3.2. Generate Maximum Allowable Redemption values; 3.3. Determine competitive pricing to inform WIC staff on vendor selection decisions; 3.4. Develop vendor peer groups; and 3.5. Flag WIC benefit transactions that appear to be overcharges.