Beacon is a named supplier on competitively bid cooperative contracts, so state DOTs and transit agencies can buy without running their own solicitation. If your agency already buys through Sourcewell, OMNIA Partners, or TIPS, procurement is already solved.
Each of these is competitively bid and satisfies most state and local procurement requirements out of the box. Beacon is reached through Vertosoft, the authorized reseller that holds these contracts.
Sourcewell runs a national cooperative purchasing program used by more than 50,000 member agencies across the U.S. and Canada. Their competitively bid contracts satisfy procurement requirements in virtually every state.
Omnia Partners is the largest cooperative purchasing organization in the country, serving public sector agencies with competitively solicited contracts. Their public sector portfolio covers technology solutions for state and local government.
TIPS (The Interlocal Purchasing System) is a national purchasing cooperative in Texas. TIPS contracts are competitively bid and available to government entities, public and private schools, and nonprofit organizations across the country.
Cooperative purchasing is a standard, well-understood mechanism, not a workaround. Here is the whole chain.
Sourcewell ran a competitive solicitation once, on behalf of thousands of eligible public agencies. The result is a master contract your agency can buy from directly.
Vertosoft holds the master contract as the authorized reseller, and Beacon is named on it. That listing is what makes Beacon purchasable through this channel.
Your procurement team asks Vertosoft for a quote. It arrives with contract-compliant line items, part numbers, and a statement of work built from Beacon's scope and pricing.
The PO goes to Vertosoft and flows through to Beacon. There is no separate contract to negotiate with Beacon, and no new agreement for your legal team to paper.
Writing, publishing, and evaluating a competitive solicitation typically runs 12 to 24 months before work can start.
Buying from an existing cooperative contract satisfies the same competitive requirement, because it was already satisfied when the cooperative ran its solicitation.
Cooperative purchasing vehicles cover the vast majority of public sector organizations.
Send us a note and we'll confirm which vehicle your agency can use, provide contract numbers and documentation, and connect you with our team.
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