Government Purchasing Alliance

U.S. Communities Government Purchasing Alliance is a government purchasing cooperative that reduces the cost of goods and services by aggregating the purchasing power of public agencies nationwide. U.S. Communities provides world class procurement resources and solutions to local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education, and nonprofits. Our participants have access to a broad line of competitively solicited contracts with best in class national suppliers.

U.S. Communities’ rigorous supplier commitments ensure our supplier partners offer their best supplier government pricing. Third party audits are performed on all contracts and benchmarking analyses ensure ongoing value. Most importantly, U.S. Communities adheres to a stringent competitive selection process for all contracts offered through the program.

Today more than 44,000 registered public agencies utilize U.S. Communities government cooperative contracts to procure more than 1 billion dollars in products and services annually. Each month more than 400 new participants register their purchasing organization to simplify their procurement process. The continuing rapid growth of public agency participation is fueled by the program's proven track record of delivering excellence in procurement solutions.

U.S. Communities is proud to be the only government cooperative purchasing organization to be founded by the National Association of Counties (NACo), The National League of Cities (NLC), The Association of School Business Officials, International (ASBO), The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) and the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM). Additionally, U.S. Communities is overseen by an Advisory Board of key public procurement professionals.