State Purchasing Resources

State purchasing officials can save both time AND money with U.S. Communities, the leading national government purchasing cooperative. We provide state governments with an easy way to access the best overall government pricing from 26 nationally recognized suppliers. These suppliers offer thousands of the best brands in a wide variety of categories, services, and solutions for State Government purchasing needs.

State Procurement Made Easy

If your state department or agency is required to issue a request for proposal (RFP) when making state government purchasing decisions, U.S. Communities can significantly shorten the process for your agency.

All U.S. Communities contracts have been competitively solicited by a lead public agency in accordance with their public purchasing rules and regulations. Each solicitation contains language allowing any public agency to purchase through that contract and access the pricing and other benefits contained therein. Every U.S. Communities contract is available for state purchasing officials to use subject to their own purchasing rules and regulations.

Each state has its own authorizing statutes for cooperative purchasing.

State Purchasing Officials Registered with U.S. Communities Benefit from:

• Free membership – No costs, fees or obligations to buy.
• Lower prices – The best overall supplier government pricing on top-brand state procurement solutions.
• Expert assistance – We help you navigate all contract issues with our suppliers, from service requests to price guarantees.
• No minimum purchasing requirements –Buy as little or as much as needed.

Integrity and Trust

U.S. Communities is founded by five prominent national sponsors and is guided by an Advisory Board comprised of public purchasing professionals. U.S. Communities is proud to have the State of Georgia as an Advisory Board member. Georgia, along with other states, have demonstrated the value of the U.S. Communities program to states by using a range of contracts, with millions of dollars of spend quarterly.

Get started with U.S. Communities Today!

Register to participate with the U.S. Communities government purchasing cooperative now – it’s quick, easy and completely free – and learn how to purchase under any of our competitively solicited contracts.