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Cranston High School East

Cranston High School Identifies Security Solution and Saves Money Using Cooperative Purchasing

Find out how this high school took advantage of a cooperative contract to implement a comprehensive security solution that fit their budget and prepared them for future expansion.

Outsourcing

Trouble in Paradise: When Outsourcing Doesn't Work as Planned

What are your options when outsourcing doesn't work as planned or intended?

Outsourcing

Should I or Shouldn't I? Facing the Outsourcing Decision

Sometimes it's a more responsible use of resources to contract a service. But how do you know for sure? Here's how to work through the process.

service provider for school repairs

Meeting the Challenge

How The Department of General Services used a non-profit service provider to assist in monitoring and verification of school repairs during a short timeframe.

Bookstore

Technology Branded

An updated design has refreshed and revived the University of Illinois at Chicago Bookstore.

Cooperative Purchasing and Contract Services

Cooperative Purchasing and Contract Services: Myths Vs. Truths

There are many misperceptions in the K-12 community regarding cooperative purchasing and contract services. Here, we address some of those misperceptions by discussing the myths and truths of both.

Outsource Services

A Tale of Two Auxiliary Departments

Outsource or keep it in house? That’s the question facing many college and university auxiliary departments. CP&M looks at two different schools with two different approaches.

Safer Schools

Lowering district costs with ESA partnerships.

Campus Bookstore Renovation

The University Store on Fifth

Renovation creates a destination at the University of Pittsburgh.

Sustainable Purchasing for Schools

Sustainable Purchasing for Schools

This recently released guide provides a host of tools and resources for administrators, teachers and parents concerned with making healthy purchasing decisions that are good for students and the school environment.

Cooperative Purchasing

Cooperative Purchasing

How schools are using it to upgrade security.

Saving Big With Cooperative Purchasing

Saving Big With Cooperative Purchasing

Cooperative purchasing allows districts and schools to stretch their limited dollars. Here's how.

purchasing cooperatives

The Buddy System

Don't believe there is strength in numbers? Then you don't know about purchasing cooperatives. These purchasing powerhouses save time, money and headaches. Are they right for your school?

taking control of shippin costs

You Better Shop Around

It's time to take control of what you are spending on shipping costs. Since 2006, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has saved our taxpayers over $1 million negotiating our own transportation contracts.

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