If you work for a school, government agency, hospital, or nonprofit, chances are you're eligible to buy Sharp equipment through a cooperative contract. That means no solicitation, no bid committee, no 90-day wait. The competitive process was already run on your behalf.
How It Works
Cooperative purchasing organizations run rigorous competitive bids on behalf of thousands of member agencies. When Sharp is awarded a contract through that process, every eligible member gets access to those prices - without running their own solicitation. Your procurement team gets to skip the process that already happened at the national level.
The bid already ran publicly. Most states recognize cooperative contracts as satisfying competitive bid requirements - your legal team doesn't have to approve a workaround.
When 50,000 agencies are buying together, the price reflects that. Sharp's contract rates beat what any single school district or county could negotiate independently.
You get national pricing through ABM - your Fort Wayne Sharp dealer since 1953. One contact, local service team, same-day order processing.
ABM's Cooperative Contracts
Schools, government agencies, hospitals, and nonprofits across Indiana and the country use cooperative contracts to skip the bid process entirely. ABM - Fort Wayne's Sharp dealer since 1953 - holds active participation in three of the most widely recognized programs, so if your customer is in one of these verticals, the competitive process has already been run on their behalf.
Contract and statutory references are provided for convenience and are not legal advice. Confirm applicability with your procurement counsel before purchasing.
Sourcewell is a government agency that runs competitive bids on behalf of 50,000+ public entities. Sharp holds a current Sourcewell contract (#112124-SEC) through January 2029. If your organization is a school, county, city, hospital, or nonprofit, you're almost certainly eligible - and membership is free.
State/local govt, K-12, higher ed, hospitals, nonprofits
Equalis Group (lead agency: Region 10 Education Service Center, Texas) holds two current Sharp contracts: MFP & Managed Print (R10-1169E) and Technology / AV & Dynabook (R10-1173E). Membership spans K-12, higher education, state and local governments, nonprofits, and churches. Buying off the contract lets a member skip running their own bid.
K-12, higher ed, state/local govt, nonprofits, churches
ABM is building out its Premier cooperative contract participation. Full contract details and eligibility information will be published here when available. If you currently use Premier for procurement and want to know whether ABM can quote under it today, give us a call.
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