BuyBoard Purchasing Cooperative

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ABOUT BUYBOARD

The BuyBoard delivers the vast economies of scale by combining the purchasing power of local governments, big and small, to provide members the leverage to help achieve better pricing on products, equipment, and services. Benefits of using the BuyBoard include the following:

Compliance and Transparency 

Contracts and vendors awarded through the BuyBoard have been competitively procured, to assist members with compliance with Texas local and state procurement requirements and provide a documented audit trail. 

Value and Choice

With a wide range of competitively procured contracts available, members will find almost everything needed to support their organization. 

Efficiency and Cost Savings

Because the competitive procurement process has been completed by the BuyBoard cooperative, members may save time and resources that would have been spent on preparing and conducting a formal RFP.  Besides reducing administrative costs, members reap savings through competitive pricing - plus, member rebates.

Member Rebates

The BuyBoard cooperative has a long history of issuing rebates to members. Since 2006, the cooperative has rebated over $69 million to governmental members - a claim no other Texas-based cooperative can make. The rebate is reflective of the program's value, benefit, and non-profit administration. 

Member Governed

The cooperative is governed by an 11-member board of directors, most of whom are purchasing professionals that represent members from cities, counties, schools, and higher education. The board's only function is to govern the cooperative and award all contracts directly with no delegation of authority to staff. 

Support of Local Governments and Public Education

BuyBoard was created to support and serve public schools, municipalities, counties, and all types of local government agencies. That support and service is evidenced in the list of organizations that endorse the program and in turn support their respective membership.  Purchasing through the BuyBoard means your school district is helping to support the statewide organization that supports you. 

 Press Releases

• BuyBoard® Purchasing Cooperative rebates more than $10.7 million to members (Jan 04, 2022)

  Austin)—The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative (Cooperative), also known as BuyBoard, has announced its largest rebate to date, returning more than $10.7 million to 987 Cooperative members across Texas, including public schools, colleges and universities, and local governmental entities.  

  BuyBoard rebate amounts vary, with some as large as $400,000. The more a member organization procures through BuyBoard, the more rebate dollars it’s eligible for at the end of each year. 

  Christopher Casarez, purchasing coordinator at Gregory-Portland ISD, said that one reason his school district is a BuyBoard member is because of the rebates offered. “The rebates give us a return on investment that we can use and redirect those additional funds on educating students," he said. 

  BuyBoard helps members pool their collective purchasing power on products, equipment and services they use every day. Members might also be able to save time and resources that may have otherwise been spent preparing and conducting individual, formal requests for proposal. 

  “BuyBoard has been an awesome resource for the City of Bellmead. BuyBoard has visited our city multiple times to provide onsite training to our staff,” City of Bellmead CFO Karen Evans said. “Due to their support, we have increased our productivity, streamlined purchasing, and seen increased saving.”  

  Membership in the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative continues to grow and now numbers more than 3,099 governmental entities across the state, according to Brian Bolinger, associate executive director of Business Services for the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), which serves as administrator for the Cooperative.  

  “The continued growth in the Cooperative is a testament to the value and benefit that members  receive by using BuyBoard,” Bolinger said. “We’re extremely proud the Cooperative gives back to its members like this. We’re proud to support and serve local government and public schools.” 

  The Cooperative has rebated more than $80 million to eligible members since 2006. Each member’s annual purchasing activity is used to calculate the amount of its rebate. 

  Visit BuyBoard’s rebate page for more information on the rebate program. 

  About the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative 

  The Local Government Purchasing Cooperative was created to increase the purchasing power of Texas public schools, municipalities, counties, colleges, universities and all types of local government entities and to simplify their purchasing by using a customized online purchasing system called the BuyBoard. BuyBoard has delivered economies of scale in purchasing products and services to members since 1998. 

  The Cooperative is endorsed by the Texas Association of Counties, Texas Municipal League, Texas Association of School Administrators and TASB. The Cooperative is also a strategic partner of the Texas Association of School Business Officials. 

  For more information, visit buyboard.com.