Collective Purchasing Program

The MAPC Municipal Governance team manages several collective purchasing programs:

• regional services consortiums (RSCs) and
• collective procurement programs.

Regional Service Consortiums

Over the past two years, the Regional Services Consortiums (RSCs) project has managed several collective purchasing events for a total of 36 municipal clients, bidding out more than $20 million in municipal contracts, and saving participants nearly $2 million. Since the program's 1998 birth, three consortiums have been formed.

Learn more about our work with regional service consortiums (RSCs).

Collective Purchasing Program

By employing the state's collective purchasing statutes (Massachusetts General Law Chapter 30B and Massachusetts General Law Chapter 7, Section 22B) on behalf of a large group of local governments, MAPC is bringing the price and convenience advantages of volume purchasing to the local level, and helping local staff save time and money by not having to engage in the complex municipal procurement process themselves. Savings occur in two ways:

• Time savings: those who would normally be entangled in the Massachusetts public procurement process can be freed to address more immediate local needs.
• Dollar savings: aggressive competition among providers for large contracts results in high volume discounts.

Learn more about our collective procurement work with the Greater Boston Police Council (GBPC).

Learn more about our collective procurement work with the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts (FCAM).