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MassArt receives increased purchasing power and favorable contract terms from the contracts of the following group purchasing organizations. Guidance from the Purchasing Department is to use contract vendors whenever possible.
Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC):
Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium
The Massachusetts Higher Education Purchasing Consortium ("MHEC") was established under Massachusetts State Law (Ch. 15A, € 24A) to provide efficiencies and cost savings to institutions of higher education. With changes to MHEC's bylaws, membership in MHEC is now open to public and private colleges and universities, not for profit charter, technical and vocational schools, municipalities, including elementary and secondary schools and not for profit educational organizations located in New England (Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island).
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operational Services Division (OSD)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Operational Services Division
When Commonwealth agencies, municipalities, and eligible entities combine their billions of dollars in buying power on commodities and services, Commonwealth purchasers receive better service delivery, technical assistance, and cost savings. Serving as the Commonwealth's central procurement agency, the OSD oversees this combining of purchases by providing public purchasers with more than 130 Statewide Contracts that represent best value in terms of price, quality, and service for commonly purchased commodities and services.