Buy more. Spend less. Buy smart. Work less.
The BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative helps save time and money while purchasing the products school systems use every day. Would you like to save time and money? BuyBoard is an online purchasing cooperative designed to streamline the purchasing process and help its members make confident buying decisions.
What is BuyBoard?
The National School Boards Association collaborated with the Rhode Island Association of School Committees and the Maryland Association of Boards of Education to create the National Purchasing Cooperative’s BuyBoard program.
Currently endorsed by several state school boards associations and administered by the Texas Association of School Boards, the program’s purpose is to obtain reduced prices for its members through the benefits and efficiencies of a purchasing cooperative.
OSBA membership entitles your district to become a BuyBoard member for free. Once you sign up for BuyBoard, your district has the ability to make purchases from an approved list of vendors that have gone through a competitive bidding process.
CARES Act
The planning for how ESSER funds will be used is underway, and you may have questions as to which projects fall under the guidelines.
To help with your planning and selection process, BuyBoard has provided a general contract category information for items and products that are within the guidelines.
Get more information about contract categories.
Benefits
A major benefit of this program is the opportunity to combine the cooperative’s ability to get volume discounts with the ease of online vendor and contract sourcing. Other benefits include:
- Power in numbers - By combining the purchasing power of cooperative members, BuyBoard participants are able to leverage better pricing from vendors they may already use. The program also helps reduce administrative and resource time.
- Purchase with confidence - BuyBoard features many well-known vendors on its product list. The cooperative analyzes and makes award recommendations for products and services that have been submitted for competitive procurement. All awarded products and services are posted on BuyBoard’s secure website.
- Save time - Contracts on BuyBoard have already undergone a competitive procurement process, which saves your district time and the cost of bid preparation. A unique feature of BuyBoard is the Request for Quote (RFQ) function, an electronic request that permits your district to select numerous vendors when submitting requests.
How to Sign Up
To sign up for BuyBoard, visit https://www.buyboard.com/National/How-to-Join.aspx. Becoming a member of the National Purchasing Cooperative, d/b/a National BuyBoard® or BuyBoard®, requires only a few simple steps – and membership is free! A board resolution or board meeting minutes must be provided to join the program.
Sample BuyBoard Board Resolution
FAQ Sheet
Contact
BuyBoard National Purchasing Cooperative, 12007 Research Blvd, Austin, TX 78759
Steve Fishers
(800) 695-2919 • steve.fisher@tasb.org
David Ricketts
(913) 424-5758 • davidricketts@buyboard.com
BuyBoard - a trusted, transparent and experienced source of cooperative purchasing.