Cooperative Purchasing for Athletic Facility Construction
Vetted. Contracted. Ready to go.
Your shortcut to getting started
Cooperative purchasing lets schools, universities, and municipalities get their projects started faster without sacrificing competitive pricing, compliance, or control.
MMTH is an approved vendor through two of the nation’s most trusted cooperative purchasing organizations: Equalis Group and Greenbush Marketplace. That means the vetting is already done, the contract is already in place, and your project doesn’t have to wait on a bid cycle to get started.
Two Ways to Spend Public Dollars
When public agencies spend taxpayer money on construction, they have options. Understanding both is the first step to choosing the right one for your project.
Own bid or RFP: Your institution develops and manages the full solicitation process, including writing specs, advertising, evaluating responses, and awarding the contract. This is the most time-intensive path and can take months before a project starts.
Cooperative contract: A publicly procured, competitively solicited contract awarded by a lead public agency on behalf of a cooperative organization. Member agencies can purchase directly through the awarded contract, bypassing the need to run their own bid. The process is fully auditable and transparent, and it gives owners and member agencies something the traditional bid process often does not: control.
Why Cooperative Purchasing Changes the Timeline
The public sector procurement process for sports construction can take months, if not years. That timeline has real consequences for programs with a funding deadline, a construction window, or student athletes waiting on a field.
Research shows cooperative purchasing can reduce procurement cycle time by up to 40%. For a school facing a nine-month traditional bid process, that difference can mean starting construction this year instead of next.
And for administrators who have managed projects before, there is another benefit that often goes overlooked: the relief of knowing the process is clean. Cooperative contracts come with a comprehensive audit trail. When your institution is audited, you get a clean bill of health. The compliance work was done before you ever signed anything.
Equalis Group makes cooperative purchasing a breeze for public agencies.
Greenbush Marketplace simplifies the procurement process for schools.
Ready To Start Earlier?
Your project does not have to wait on a bid cycle. Tell us what you are building and we will walk you through which cooperative purchasing path is right for your institution.