Cooperative Purchasing Information

The County Purchasing Agent, by orders approved by Commissioners Court, procures goods and services offered by suppliers from cooperative purchasing agreements or programs in order to take advantage of lower prices for bulk purchasing and to reduce the administrative costs involved in the bidding procedure in accordance with Texas Local Government Code Chapter 262 (Purchasing and Contracting Authority of Counties), Local Government Code Chapter 271, Subchapter F (Cooperative Purchasing Program) and the Bexar County Administrative Purchasing Policy No. 8.1. The following list includes, but is not limited to, the programs in which Bexar County participates in:

• Department of Information Resources (DIR) Information and Communications Technology Cooperative Contracts
• Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) Choice Partners Cooperative 
• Houston‐Galveston Area Council (HGACBuy)    
• National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO ValuePoint)    
• OMNIA Partners (formerly TCPN/National IPA and US Communities)    
• Sourcewell (formerly NJPA)    
• Tarrant County Cooperative Purchasing Program    
• Texas Association of School Boards (BuyBoard Program)    
• Texas Correctional Industries (TCI) 
• Texas Industries for the Blind and Handicapped (TIBH) 
• TXMAS ‐ Texas Multiple Award Schedules (TXMAS)    
• The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS Program)    
• The Purchasing Association of Cooperative Entities (PACE)    
• US General Services Administration (GSA – Schedule 70 & 84/Disaster Purchasing/Public Health Emergencies)    
• 791 Purchasing Cooperative  

Please contact the Purchasing Department at 210-335-2211 for questions and additional guidelines.