Cooperatives

A Cooperative purchase is a procurement based on a contract that has been competitively bid and issued by another government or purchasing alliance with the intention of sharing it with other government entities. Cooperative agreements are sometimes referred to as “piggybacking” from another entity’s contract. The use of Purchasing Cooperatives provides for volume discount pricing and expedited placement of orders.

Current established Cooperative Purchasing Organizations (CPO’s) operating within the State of Texas and authorized by City Council are:

• (1GPA)-1Government Procurement Alliance 
• BuyBoard
• Choice Partners Cooperative
• (DIR) Department of Information Resources
• GoodBuy Cooperative Program
• (HGAC) Houston Area Council of Governments
• National Purchasing Partners.Gov
• OMNIA Partners (formally NCPA, National IPA, TCPN & US Communities) 
• (PACE) Purchasing Association of Cooperative Entities
• (PCA) Purchasing Cooperative of America
• Sourcewell (Formally NJPA)
• (TIPS) The Interlocal Purchasing Systems
• (TXMAS)Texas Comptroller – Texas SmartBuy*

*Note: “Texas SmartBuy” orders are processed online by CoRR Purchasing staff.