PURCHASING 

PURCHASING COOPERATIVES

Purchasing cooperatives help reduce costs for individual members by using their larger buying power to negotiate lower prices. Hopewell Valley has participated in purchasing cooperatives since the 1990s. The district is an active member in 9 such ventures, saving money on expenses from electricity and gasoline to janitorial supplies and copy paper. Below is a listing of the co-ops the district has joined and the goods and services they currently offer.

  • Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission

  • Educational Services Commission of Morris County

  • County of Mercer Cooperative Pricing System

  • Hopewell Township Cooperative Pricing System

  • Educational Services Commission of New Jersey

  • Mercer County Special Services School District Cooperative Pricing System

  • National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (IPA) Cooperative Purchasing Contracting

  • Keystone Purchasing Network Cooperative Purchasing Program

  • U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance

  • Somerset County Cooperative Pricing System

  • Sourcewell

  • NJEdge Cooperative Pricing System