Equalis Group Lead Agencies are public sector entities (e.g., state agencies, municipalities, counties, school districts, public colleges and universities, councils of governments, or special districts) lawfully established and operating under the applicable statutes of their respective states. They are authorized by state statutes to conduct public sector procurement processes, award and enter into Master Agreements with winning suppliers under applicable procurement guidelines, and make those Master Agreements available to public agencies nationwide through Equalis Group.
Equalis Group collaborates with our Lead Agencies to deliver compliant, publicly procured cooperative agreements that public agencies across the country can utilize to: i) quickly acquire the products and services they need; ii) receive better pricing through the collective buying power of Equalis Group members; and, iii) save time through Equalis Group’s legal and compliant alternative to conducting their own resource-consuming solicitation process.
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Monmouth-Ocean Educational Services Commission (MOESC) is a public educational agency, established under New Jersey Statute Title 18A, providing programs and services to school districts and collaborating with other Commissions throughout the state of New Jersey.
Founded in 1979, MOESC offers affordable and high-quality programs and services geared to local school districts’ individual educational and administrative needs. We are governed by a board of directors elected by a representative assembly of one representative from each of our member districts.
Our goal is to provide support services, programming and staffing to public and non-public schools so they can support their students and communities. We assist public and non-public schools in numerous areas, including cooperative purchase programs, cooperative transportation, grant compliance and management, staff development, alternative school placement (Regional Achievement Academy), child study team services (CST), NJ Virtual School (NJVS), paraprofessional staff for public schools (APPS program), McKinley-Vento Homeless Services, home instruction, nursing services, and more.
Our staff is fully certified by the State of New Jersey and meets federal and state highly qualified requirements. All of our courses meet the State of New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.
More information is available on the MOESC website.
Region 10 is one of 20 regional service centers established by the Texas State Legislature in 1967 for the purpose of providing professional development and a range of other innovative solutions to Region 10 members.
Based in Richardson, the Center and its consultants impact over 865,000 students and 106,000 school staff, of which 56,000 are teachers in over 130 ISDs, charters, and private schools across 10 north Texas counties.
Region 10 is governed by an elected Board of Directors. More information is available on the Region 10 website.
Rockies Procurement Services (RPS) is a Colorado political subdivision and a public corporation established pursuant to C.R.S. 29-1-203 and C.R.S. 29-1-203.5.
RPS was created to establish cooperative relationships among its members and other entities with which it contracts for the development of efficient and effective purchasing methods and practices in the field of public educational institution nutritional procurement; to encourage maintenance and continuity of ethical standards in buying and selling; to collect and disseminate useful information for its members; to promote the interchange of ideas and experiences within the School Food Authority profession; to promote the study, development, and application of improved methods and practices for purchasing and inventory management; to provide education and support for nutrition purchasing; to increase buying power, reduce costs, and improve the quality of available products and services; and to maximize procurement efficiencies while maintaining compliance with USDA procurement guidelines.
RPS is governed by a Board of Directors, which consists of five representatives elected by and from each of the following Member types: Small School Food Authority (defined as enrollment under 5,000) – two representatives; Medium School Food Authority (defined as enrollment between 5, 000 and 15,000) – two representatives; and Large School Food Authority (defined as enrollment over 15,000) – one representative.
RPS voting membership is open to any publicly funded school district within the State of Colorado. RPS associate membership status is open to all publicly funded school districts outside the State of Colorado and to private schools within or outside of Colorado provided they are approved to offer at least one federal meal program to their students. All members and associate members have access to utilize contracts procured by RPS.
More information is available on the Rockies Procurement Services website.
CCOG is a regional council of governments and political subdivision formed under Section 167 of the Ohio Revised Code. It is a 501 (c)3 nonprofit organization.
CCOG was established in 2013 for the express purpose of (a) improving Equalis Group members’ operations, reducing their costs, and increasing their efficiencies to augment their capacity to better serve their constituents and customers, and (b) developing and operating as a collective purchasing and service organization to enable Equalis Group members to obtain competitive terms from vendors and service providers by utilizing the combined purchasing power of all Equalis Group members.
CCOG is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of senior public officials from Cuyahoga County Public Library (the nation’s top-ranked public library system serving a population of at least 500,000 people for more than 10 years in a row), Kenston Local Schools (one of Ohio’s highest-ranked public school districts), and the City of Solon (one of the top-ranked cities in Ohio).
Public Agencies that join Equalis Group by completing the Equalis Group Master Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement are designated by CCOG as CCOG Affiliate Members, one of two CCOG membership classifications under CCOG’s Code of Regulations pursuant to Ohio Revised Code Section 167.02 (A).
More information is available at CooperativeCogOhio.gov.