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What Is a Purchasing Cooperative?

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Often used to reduce the administrative work and cost associated with the procurement process, purchasing cooperatives are managed by a single public organization or a buying group on behalf of multiple public organizations, tapping into their collective purchasing power to negotiate contracts that have more competitive pricing and terms, as well as other benefits.

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Purchasing cooperatives are used across many industries including:

• Government agencies, such as public transit agencies
• Educational institutions
• Healthcare organizations
• Nonprofit associations

These government agencies, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and nonprofit associations can purchase off these contracts without having to issue their own request for proposals (RFPs) and bids since the purchasing cooperatives have already done the sourcing on their behalf.

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Using Purchasing Cooperatives to Contract with ������

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������ has been awarded contracts and qualified as a vendor through competitive bidding on two purchasing cooperatives: and . In addition, ������ has partnered with , a Master Government Aggregator®, which as a reseller puts ������ in several other purchasing cooperatives.

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791 Purchasing Cooperative

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is an administrative agency created in accordance with , providing its members an opportunity to purchase goods and services from contracts that meet all state and federal competitive bidding requirements.

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. The RFP includes terms and its statement of work (SOW) aligns with ������'s paratransit and microtransit software. All ������ solutions are available through the 791 Purchasing Cooperative.

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The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS)

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is a national purchasing cooperative offering competitively solicited contracts to government agencies and nonprofit associations.

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������’s paratransit and microtransit software, as well as pricing, have been qualified through an RFP specific to Technology Solution Products and Service. Additional information can be found on on the TIPS website.

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Carahsoft

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is a Master Government Aggregator®, delivering solutions across cybersecurity, multicloud, DevSecOps, big data, artificial intelligence, open source, and more, to support federal, state, and local government agencies and healthcare organizations.

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Through Carahsoft, through several contracts and purchasing cooperatives such as:

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Through a purchasing cooperative, your public transit agency can streamline the procurement of ������’s industry-leading paratransit and microtransit software. Contact us to get started.