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Cooperative Programs

South Bend Community School Corp

FY 25-26 LIVE Active User · Metro tier Active User · Metro tier South Bend Community School Corp · by FY 25–26 spend Power Usertop 25% of tier Active Usermiddle 50% Light Userbottom 25% Non-Adopterno spend Quartiles of Metro-tier Cooperative Programs adopters by spend
ESC None
Tier Metro
ADM 12,851
paymentsSpend

$2,667,012

Contracts/Partnerships $1,330,497
Buses $1,336,515
savingsSavings & Benefit

$123,704

Contracts/Partnerships $83,704
Buses $40,000
tuneSavings Method
Vendor Contracts off list price
Child Nutrition 10% off list
School Buses $5,000 each
Contract rates are negotiated per vendor and run 0–65%. Each vendor below shows the rate applied to it.
directions_busSchool Buses

8

savings $40,000 saved

Vendor Utilization

3 of 7 categories used by Metro-tier peers engaged

High 0
Occasional 3
Not yet 4
schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years
School BusesChromebooksTechnology
add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Metro-tier peers use these — consider exploring
Office SuppliesFurnitureMedical SuppliesOnline Marketplace

Bus Vendors

South Bend Community School Corp · FY 25–26 · 1 chassis vendor, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

IC/Collins $5,000 per bus
$1,336,515· $40,000
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

All Other Vendors

South Bend Community School Corp · FY 25–26 · 3 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

CDWG Chromebooks Chromebooks avg 3.5% off list
$1,121,390· $40,482
Other vendors · scaled to the largest below
CDWG IT Technology avg 16.8% off list
$204,004· $41,111
CDWG AV Technology avg 29.3% off list
$5,102· $2,110
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

Services most peers use that South Bend Community School Corp doesn't

~$66,860/yr
potential savings from 3 untapped categories
  • Furniture
    33% of peers use · median peer spend $98,690
  • Medical Supplies
    33% of peers use · median peer spend $6,400
  • Office Supplies
    50% of peers use · median peer spend $5,343

Potential savings assume this district spends at the peer median and earns standard co-op rates.

Coop Spend vs Your Tier

CIESC Metro-tier districts · FY 25–26

Total coop spend — tier ranking

Tippecanoe School Corp
$5,595,313
MSD Wayne Township
$4,317,076
South Bend Community School Corp YOU
$2,667,012
Fort Wayne Community Schools
$2,198,080
Indianapolis Public Schools
$181,508
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp
$3,143
$2,432,546 tier median · total coop spend

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships
$1,330,497 · median $693,103
#2of 6
at/above median
Child Nutrition
awaiting FY-close data
—
pending
School Buses
$1,336,515 · median $1,725,276
#4of 6
below median

Annual Savings

South Bend Community School Corp · Cooperative Programs over time

Not enough history for a trend yet.

Purchases vs Savings

Spend and savings side-by-side · last 1 fiscal year· FY 25-26 excludes school-bus purchases (newly tracked this year — not in prior years)

$1,330,497$1,064,397$798,298$532,199$266,099$0$1,330,497$123,704FY 25-26
Purchases Savings
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