Delivers Valued Programs to Counties.

Walnut Creek, CA (Marketwire) July 15, 2010 – U.S. Communities is the leading national government purchasing cooperative, providing world class government procurement resources and solutions to local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education institutes, and nonprofits looking for the best overall supplier government pricing.

County purchasing officials can save both time and money with U.S. Communities. They provide county governments with an easy way to access the best overall government pricing from 29 nationally recognized suppliers. These suppliers offer thousands of the best brands in a wide variety of categories, services, and solutions. With supplier locations around the country, county procurement is made easier for county government. Membership is free with no extra costs, fees, or obligations to buy.

There are no minimum purchasing requirements and they can offer expert assistance with all contract issues with suppliers from service requests to price guarantees. If your agency is required to issue a request for proposal (RFP) when making county government procurement decisions, U.S. Communities can significantly shorten the process for your organization.

U.S. Communities also helps with school procurement. K-12 schools, private schools, and higher education institutions can now save time and money on educational procurement with the help of U.S. Communities, the leading national government purchasing cooperative.

They provide school purchasing officials with access to the best overall supplier government pricing for significant discounts on a wide variety of classroom supplies. If you are required to issue a request for proposal (RFP) when purchasing classroom supplies, U.S. Communities can shorten the process for your organization.

Today more than 42,000 public agencies utilize U.S. Communities contracts and suppliers to procure more than 1 billion dollars in products and services annually. Each month more than 400 new public agencies register to participate. The continuing rapid growth of public agency participation is fueled by the program's proven track record of providing public agencies unparallel value.

For more information on U.S. Communities visit www.uscommunities.org

About U.S. Communities:

U.S. Communities™ Government Purchasing Alliance is a nonprofit government purchasing cooperative that assists local and state government agencies, school districts (K-12), higher education, and nonprofits in reducing the cost of purchased goods through pooling the purchasing power of public agencies nationwide. This is accomplished through competitively solicited contracts for quality products through lead public agencies.