Mesquite ISD utilizes Cooperative Contracts per Board Policy CH (Legal), TEA, and GC-Sect. 791,LGC 271.081-271.083.  Mesquite ISD participates in these purchasing cooperatives for the purchase of goods and services by agreement with another local government or with the state agencies that satisfy the requirement of competitive bids per the local government code.

The following is a list of cooperatives that Mesquite ISD is a current member of:

• 1GPA

• 791 Purchasing Cooperative

• Allied States Cooperative (Region 19)

• Central Texas Purchasing Alliance (CTPA)

• Choice Partners / HCDE

• E&I Cooperative Services

• Educational Purchasing Cooperative of North Texas (EPCNT)

• Educational Purchasing Interlocal Cooperative (EPIC6)

• Equalis Group

• Goodbuy Purchasing Cooperative (Region 2 ESC)

• HGAC

• National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA)

• Omnia Partners

• PACE Purchasing Cooperative (Region 20)

• Purchasing Solutions Alliance

• Region 10

• Sourcewell (NJPA)

• TASB – BuyBoard

• Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (Texas Smartbuy)

• Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)

• TIPS

• US Communities (OMNIA Partners)