About National IPA

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The National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance (National IPA) works with public and non profit agencies, who as Principal Procurement Agencies competitively solicit national contracts for aggregated use. This cooperative strategy offers lower costs, plus time and resource savings, to participating agencies.

Examples of agencies and organizations that National IPA procurement programs support include:

• Cities/Municipalities/Counties
• K-12, PTAs
• Independent Special Districts
• Public/Private Higher Education
• Hospitals
• Airports / Mass Transit
• Non-Profits
• Churches
• Utilities (Gas, Electric, Water/Sewer)
• Agencies that exists for public benefit

National IPA Quick Facts

• Established through a collaborative effort of public agencies across the United States for the specific purpose of reducing procurement costs by leveraging group volume.
• Aggregates the purchasing power of participating public agencies across the country in order to receive larger volume discounts from suppliers.
• Each contract offered by National IPA has been competitively solicited by a Principal Procurement Agency.

• All agreements allow universal contract utilization by public agencies or agencies operating for the benefit of the public.