Purchasing Co-ops
Purchasing Cooperatives allow their members to obtain the benefits and efficiencies of procuring products and services off of bid schedules without having to go through traditional bid processes. Cooperatives also relieve the burdens of governmental purchasing by effectively using current technology and leveraging economies of scale. Every purchasing co-op that Ramtech works with has identified qualified vendors of a broad range of commodities, goods, and services and is in compliance with state bidding requirements. Ramtech is an approved vendor for the sale and lease of modular buildings for each of the following purchasing cooperatives.
GSA Advantage
GSA Advantage is the federal government's premier online shopping superstore giving agencies access to millions of commercial products and services available from GSA-negotiated contracts. The GSA's acquisition solutions supplies federal purchasers with cost-effective high-quality products and services from a wide range of commercial vendors. The program is also available to state and local governments who can use the GSA Federal Supply Schedules contracts under the authorities of the Cooperative Purchasing Program, the Disaster Recovery Purchasing Program, and the 1122 Counter-drug Program.
BuyBoard
The Buyboard is a customized electronic purchasing system for all government entities created by the Local Government Purchasing Cooperative, an administrative agency created in accordance with Section 791.001 of the Texas Government Code. It is administered by the Texas Association of School Boards and uses internet-based technologies to create a secure Web site for product and awarded contract information and ordering. A BuyBoard membership is free and open to all local governments, nonprofits, and other political subdivisions of the state of Texas. Ramtech was the first modular building company to be awarded a contract from the Buyboard, and we continue to offer the most complete line of modular facilities available for purchase or lease through the program. Ramtech Building Systems is the only approved vendor on the BuyBoard to offer permanent modular buildings utilizing our Accelerated Building System approach.
Houston-Galveston Area Council
HGACBuy is a nationwide government procurement service available to any state agency, county, municipality, special district or other political subdivision, or a qualifying non-profit corporation that provides one or more governmental functions or services. Each vendor contract available to participating members of HGACBuy has been awarded by virtue of a public, competitive procurement process compliant with state statutes. As a unit of local government assisting other local governments, HGACBuy strives to make the governmental procurement process more efficient by establishing competitively priced contracts for goods and services. Public and non-profit agencies have been procuring products and services through HGACBuy for over 35 years. Since 2005, Ramtech has been awarded competitively bid contracts for the sale and lease of modular buildings through the HGACBuy program.
TIPS/TAPS Cooperative Purchasing System
The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) is sponsored by the Region VIII Education Service Center (ESC8) located in Mt. Pleasant, Texas and is governed by the Region 8 ESC Board of Directors. TIPS is a free contract that is available in Texas and 37 other states for public and private schools, colleges, universities, cities, counties and other government entities. Each vendor that is certified by TIPS/TAPC are granted contracts which have been competitively awarded in accordance with state laws and have agreed to provide the best pricing, terms and conditions available to similar customers. Ramtech has been awarded competitively bid contracts for the sale and lease of modular buildings since 2004.
