Ector County Independent School District

Purchasing Cooperatives (Co-ops)

A purchasing cooperative allows entities to pool together volumes and benefit with cost savings on products and services, save on administrative costs, access more products and service contracts.  ECISD gives preference to the use of cooperative or state contracts where goods and services can be purchased at competitive prices.  ECISD is affiliated with the co-ops listed below via interlocal agreements and/or annual cooperative memberships.

• 1Government Procurement Alliance (1GPA)
• BuyBoard (TASB -Texas Association of School Boards)
• Choice Partners (Harris County Department of Education)
• CTPA (Central Texas Purchasing Alliance)
• DIR (Texas Department of Information Resources)
• E&I Cooperative Services
• Equalis Group Purchasing Cooperative
• GSA Advantage
• H-GAC Buy (Houston-Galveston Area Council of Governments Purchasing Cooperative)
• OMNIA Partners 
  • Nat'l IPA
  • NCPA (National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance)
  • TCPN
  • US Communities
• Purchasing Cooperative of America (PCA)  
• Purchasing Solutions Alliance (PSA)
• Region 2 ESC - Goodbuy Purchasing Cooperative
• Region 3 ESC
• Region 10 ESC - EdTech Exchange
• Region 16 ESC - TexBuy
• Region 17 ESC - WTFSC (West Texas Food Service Cooperative)
• Region 18 ESC
• Region 19 ESC - Allied States
• Region 20 ESC - PACE (Purchasing Association of Cooperative Entities)
• Sourcewell (formerly NJPA - National Joint Powers Alliance)
• Tarrant County, TX Purchasing Cooperative
• TIPS USA (The Interlocal Purchasing System)
• Statewide Procurement Division (Divisions: CMBL, TPASS, TXMAS, and TXSmartBuy)

If your business has been awarded a bid from any of these cooperatives, you may email a copy of your cooperative contract along with your vendor packet to the purchasing department.  If approved, your business will be added as an approved vendor for ECISD.