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About SHACOG | Purchasing Alliance | SHACOG | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Several years ago, as
cost conscious consumers, a consortium of South Hills communities banded
together to undertake a joint purchasing venture. Premised on the idea
that bulk buying would produce discounted prices, responsibility for
this activity was eventually transferred to SHACOG. Having proven
extremely successful for our communities, the other seven Allegheny
County COGs were eventually invited to participate. SHACOG now serves
as the coordinating and administrative entity for the 120
COG affiliated municipalities participating in what is now
known as the SHACOG Purchasing Alliance. While the administrative
responsibilities (product surveys, specification development,
advertising and bid tabulation) are vested in SHACOG, the participating
communities generally retain the right to purchase only those products
and those amounts which they require. Products range from ammunition
for police to swimming pool chemicals to rock salt. The latter item —
rock salt — is perhaps the best indicator of the program's success. Our
collective buying power (in excess of 100,000 tons) has historically
resulted in prices lower than the City, County and even the State. The
1998-99 season, for example, resulted in a collective savings in excess
of $400,000. New products are added as requested with recent successful
additions being police cars and public works vehicles.
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