Colleges and universities, counties, municipalities, school districts, and other governmental agencies and political subdivisions and non-profits within or outside the state, may access Choice Facility Partners’ legally and competitively bid facilities contracts under Intergovernmental Code 791, after signing an interstate participating agreement or interlocal agreement (available for download by registering below).

Companies that wish to respond to RFP's and bid to become a partner with an approved contract, please click here.

Advantages to signing an interlocal or participating agreement with HCDE

Purchasing officers know that obtaining a competitively bid, best value contract takes several steps – more than many end users of the needed product or service realize. Consequently on a weekly basis, purchasing officers have to juggle tasks to meet demands of other staff members who have come in with a need on a short deadline.  To meet these needs on a timely basis, progressive purchasing officers will proactively advocate that the governing board of their entity sign an interlocal or participating agreement with Choice Facility Partners. This adds capability to the purchasing department, without the expense of adding staff.

The benefit to signing an interlocal or participating agreement with Choice Facility Partners/Harris County Department of Education is that the commodity or service that may be needed in the future has already been competitively and legally bid, giving governmental entities immediate access to needed resources.

Outside Texas, governmental entities are responsible to ensure they are meeting the law and following the applicable state purchasing policies, but generally the competitively bid process used by Choice Facility Partners will meet most state requirements.  Check the statutes for all states here.