Title
Consider and take action on a resolution authorizing the City of League City to participate in a comprehensive list of co-ops, providing greater access to price comparisons for the benefit of the City (Director of Finance)
Background:
Approval of this item will provide transparency regarding the cooperative groups in which the City is participating or intends to participate. Participation in a multitude of co-ops allows City staff access to a wider range of price offerings to ensure prices being offered to the City are the lowest prices available.
List of co-ops utilized for price comparison:
• Buyboard by Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) <http://www.buyboard.com/default.html>
• DIR Texas Department of Information Resources Technology Cooperative <http://www.dir.texas.gov/>
• Choice Partners <http://www.choicepartners.org/>
• Region V Education Service Center Southeast Texas Cooperative Purchasing Organization <http://www.esc5.net/page/SETPC_Home>
• TCPN The Purchasing Cooperative Network <http://www.tcpn.org/>
• TIPS/TAPS Region 8: The Interlocal Purchasing System/Region 8 <http://www.tips-usa.com/>
• TPASS - Texas Procurement and Support Services State of Texas <http://www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/>
• TxSmartBuy
• GSA Cooperative Purchasing Program
• Sourcewell
• US Communities Government Purchasing Alliance <http://www.uscommunities.org/>
• E & I Educational and Institutional Cooperative Purchasing <http://www.eandi.org/>
• NJPA National Joint Powers Alliance <http://www.njpacoop.org/>
• PSA Purchasing Solutions Alliance <http://www.bvcog.org/programs/purchasing-solutions-alliance/cooperative-contracts/>
• Texas Community College Cooperative Purchasing Network <http://www.tacc.org/>
• Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) Cooperative <http://www.choicepartners.org/vendors_map.php>
• Houston-Galveston Area Cooperative (HGAC) <http://www.hgacbuy.org/login/>
• Texas Building & Procurement Commission - TBPC, Texas Procurement and Support Service - TPASS <http://comptroller.texas.gov/procurement/>
• Texas Multiple Award Schedule - TXMAS <http://comptroller.texas.gov/procurement/prog/txmas/>
• Texas Correctional Institute TCI <http://www.tci.tdcj.state.tx.us/>
• Education Service Center Region IV The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) <http://www.tcpn.org/>
• Education Service Center VII The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) <https://www.tips-usa.com/vlist.cfm>
• Texas Institute for the Blind & Handicapped TIBH <https://www.tibh.org/>
• Omnia <http://www.nationalipa.org/> Partners
• TXWARN
Attachments:
1. Proposed Resolution
FUNDING:
{X} NOT APPLICABLE
STRATEGIC PLANNING
{ X } Addresses Strategic Planning Critical Success Factor #2 Financially Sustainable