Ohio Council of
Educational
Purchasing Consortia
About Us
Our Mission
To enhance the role and effectiveness of the individual educational
purchasing consortium through the collaboration for state-wide or regional
purchasing, sharing of information, and education of its members.
Our History
With hopes of forming a state-wide purchasing program, the Division of
School Finance sponsored a meeting in 1988 with all directors from
cooperative purchasing programs in Ohio. The meeting led to the
formation of a Task Force who developed the basic framework for the
constitution of the Ohio Council of Educational Purchasing Consortia and
set in place its mission. Since that time, the organization has been
meeting at least four times per year.
Our Future
Members of the OCEPC are currently implementing a web-based bidding and
ordering process to expand purchasing on a regional basis. Six
member organizations are using the web to accept bids and place orders
that are linked directly to the individual school districts' accounting
system.
