Cooperatives

Purchases made from vendors utilizing Interlocal Contracts is an approved method for purchases as noted in Education Code 44.0312.

Listed below are the co-op's WISD is a member of: (additional co-ops may be added)

BuyBoard (TASB)

Educational Purchasing Cooperative of North Texas (EPCNT)

Harris County Department of Education – Choice Partners (HCDE)

Multi Regional Purchasing Cooperative (MRPC)

National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA)

National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA)

Purchasing Association of Cooperative Entities (PACE) (ESC Region 13 and 20)

Purchasing Solutions Alliance (PSA)

Region 10 Multi-Regional Child Nutrition Cooperative Purchasing Program

Region 11 Purchasing Consortium) TETPC

Texas Procurement and Support Services (TPASS)/Texas Cooperative Purchasing Program (CO-OP)

The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN)/National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (NIPA)

The Inter-local Purchasing System (TIPS)

U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance