10/19/2026
What Cooperative Purchasing Actually Means for Your Agency
Most public sector technology purchases start with a formal RFP process that can take months from draft to award.
Cooperative purchasing works differently. A contract that has already been competitively solicited and awarded can be used directly by any eligible member agency, without a new solicitation of its own.
Sourcewell is one of the largest cooperative purchasing organizations in the country, serving more than 50,000 government, education, and nonprofit organizations.
Ascendum Solutions is a technology vendor available to Sourcewell members for AI, custom software, and data engineering development services.
Learn more: https://www.ascendum.com/services/simplify-government-procurement-with-ascendum-and-sourcewell