Co-op Solutions

Arizona county scores impressive savings with cooperative IT staffing contract

• 1st August 2016

Maricopa County’s Temporary Staffing Cooperative Agreement, a national cooperative contract through U.S. Communities, has generated first-year savings of $275,000.

The market grows for vehicles used in emergency response and other applications

• 5th July 2016

Governments are key purchasers of emergency response and other specialty vehicles. Farber Specialty Vehicles Inc. has been awarded the U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance “Specialty Vehicles” contract.

The efficient way to buy energy, Part 2

• 17th June 2016

Tradition Energy’s Bob Wooten discusses effective energy acquisition through coops in the public sector. He also weighs in on energy-based public-private partnerships. This is the second part of GPN’s interview with the Tradition Energy executive.

The efficient way to buy energy, Part 1

• 6th June 2016

Bob Wooten of Tradition Energy offers pointers on effective energy acquisition through coops in the public sector.

Educational session fills in the blanks on cooperative purchasing

• 19th May 2016

Presentations at a recent U.S. Communities sourcing summit in Cobb County, Ga., showed public buyers how cooperative purchasing can streamline the government purchasing process.

Current tools can help determine the appropriate buys

• 4th April 2016

Public purchasing professional Steve Gordon weighs in on the topics of cooperative purchasing and sustainable buys.

Hawkeye State finds success in wide-ranging coop program

• 18th March 2016

Iowa procurement manager Karl Wendt says he is saving money and achieving other benefits by using a cooperative contract with Premier’s Foodservice Program, offered by U.S. Communities.

How to control spending

• 14th March 2016

Jeff LaPorta, Supervisor of Purchasing in the Harford County (Md.) Public Schools, tells how an internal e-commerce site, called Marketplace, has been a real time-saver.

Sustainable product options may increase in co-ops

• 29th February 2016