Collaborative Buying

Utilization of collaborative buying relationships to extend the capacity of the MIT purchasing organization and increase contracting and cost savings opportunities with existing resources is one of the goals of the MIT Procurement Department . Collaboration with external organizations enables Procurement to evaluate a broader range of contracting opportunities, share skills and capabilities, deploy staff resources to the highest yield and priority initiatives, and maximize cost savings opportunities for MIT.

The Educational & Institutional Cooperative (E&I), is a national collaborative buying organization dedicated to higher education. Working collaboratively with E&I enables the MIT Procurement Department to aggregate the Institute’s annual purchase volume with other peer institutions in order to maximize contracting and cost savings opportunities, increase it’s capacity and results without added cost to the institution, and redeploy staff resources to higher-yield opportunities.

https://www.eandi.org/

Janet Garabedian

Member Services Representative

E & I Cooperative Purchasing

(978) 663-4372 Office

(508) 320-2250 Mobile

jgarabedian@eandi.org

Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium (MHEC)
The MIT Procurement office is a member of the Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium, a regional higher education group purchasing organization. This regional group purchasing organization leverages the combined buying power of local institutions to achieve mutually beneficial contracting opportunities.

http://www.mhec.net/

Jim Markel

MHEC

505 East Pleasant St

Amherst, Ma 01003

413-545-1085

jimmarkel@mhec.net