Goshen Community Schools · Cooperative Programs

paymentsSpend

$944,295

Contracts/Partnerships $438,970

Buses $505,325

savingsSavings & Benefit

$41,593

Contracts/Partnerships $26,593

Buses $15,000

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

3

savings $15,000 saved

Vendor Utilization

8 of 17 categories used by Large-tier peers engaged

High 0

Occasional 8

Not yet 9

schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years

School BusesOnline MarketplaceTechnologyOffice SuppliesAthletic EquipmentMedical SuppliesLaminatorsClassroom Supplies

add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Large-tier peers use these — consider exploring

Copy PaperChromebooksBakery DistributorDairy DistributorFood DistributorFurnitureIce Cream DistributorProduce DistributorSanitation System

Bus Vendors

Goshen Community Schools · FY 25–26 · 1 chassis vendor, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

Thomas $5,000 per bus

$505,325· $15,000

Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Amazon

Goshen Community Schools · FY 25–26 · savings rate under negotiation — spend counted, no savings claimed · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

Amazon Online Marketplace rate under negotiation

$381,359

All Other Vendors

Goshen Community Schools · FY 25–26 · 8 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

CDWG IT Technology avg 37.2% off list

$34,036· $20,187

B&H Photo Technology 15% off list

$13,860· $2,446

School Specialty Office Supplies 34% off list

$6,691· $3,447

Gopher Sport Athletic Equipment 11% off list

$1,375· $170

School Health Medical Supplies 13% off list

$681· $102

Lakeshore Learning Office Supplies 5% off list

$485· $26

GBC/ACCO Laminators 40% off list

$256· $171

Really Good Stuff Classroom Supplies est. 20% — rate pending

$228· $46

Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

Goshen Community Schools engages with every popular category — here's what some peers use

~$32,972/yr

potential savings from 2 additional categories

Copy Paper

24% of peers use · median peer spend $17,716
Chromebooks

18% of peers use · median peer spend $1,538

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

Coop Spend vs Your Tier

CIESC Large-tier districts · FY 25–26

Total coop spend — tier ranking

Concord Community Schools

$2,961,823

Huntington Co Com Sch Corp

$1,257,214

Merrillville Community School Corp

$986,266

Goshen Community Schools YOU

$944,295

Portage Township Schools

$928,759

School City of Mishawaka

$705,930

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls

$659,152

Seymour Community Schools

$644,931

La Porte Community School Corp

$577,220

Warsaw Community Schools

$561,485

South Madison Com Sch Corp

$362,261

Duneland School Corporation

$228,189

Anderson Community School Corp

$158,810

Michigan City Area Schools

$107,497

Lafayette School Corporation

$65,917

Union School Corporation

$39,734

Muncie Community Schools

$9,963

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships

$438,970 · median $107,497

#4of 17

at/above median

Child Nutrition

no purchases · median $0

—

not purchasing

School Buses

$505,325 · median $107,054

#7of 17

at/above median

Annual Savings

Goshen Community Schools · 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)

Purchases Savings