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Cooperative Programs

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls

FY 25-26 LIVE Active User · Large tier Active User · Large tier MSD Southwest Allen County Schls · by FY 25–26 spend Power Usertop 25% of tier Active Usermiddle 50% Light Userbottom 25% Non-Adopterno spend Quartiles of Large-tier Cooperative Programs adopters by spend
ESC Region 8
Tier Large
ADM 7,389
paymentsSpend

$659,152

Contracts/Partnerships $52,032
Buses $607,120
savingsSavings & Benefit

$32,778

Contracts/Partnerships $12,778
Buses $20,000
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

4

savings $20,000 saved

Vendor Utilization

4 of 17 categories used by Large-tier peers engaged

High 0
Occasional 4
Not yet 13
schedule Occasional Utilization used in 1–2 of last 4 fiscal years
School BusesTechnologyOffice SuppliesLaminators
add_circle Not Yet Engaged your Large-tier peers use these — consider exploring
Online MarketplaceCopy PaperChromebooksMedical SuppliesAthletic EquipmentBakery DistributorClassroom SuppliesDairy DistributorFood DistributorFurnitureIce Cream DistributorProduce DistributorSanitation System

Bus Vendors

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls · FY 25–26 · 1 chassis vendor, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

Blue Bird $5,000 per bus
$607,120· $20,000
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

All Other Vendors

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls · FY 25–26 · 4 vendors this district purchased from, sorted by spend · bars segmented by quarter (hover for detail)

CDWG IT Technology avg 12.7% off list
$28,736· $4,188
School Specialty Office Supplies 34% off list
$11,703· $6,029
Deere and Company Sourcewell est. 20% — rate pending
$11,074· $2,215
GBC/ACCO Laminators 40% off list
$519· $346
Q1 Jul–Sep Q2 Oct–Dec Q3 Jan–Mar Q4 Apr–Jun

Untapped Co-op Categories

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls engages with every popular category — here's what some peers use

~$33,088/yr
potential savings from 3 additional categories
  • Copy Paper
    24% of peers use · median peer spend $17,716
  • Chromebooks
    18% of peers use · median peer spend $1,538
  • Medical Supplies
    18% of peers use · median peer spend $787

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
$944,295
Portage Township Schools
$928,759
School City of Mishawaka
$705,930
MSD Southwest Allen County Schls YOU
$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
$577,220 tier median · total coop spend

Your standing by category

Contracts / Partnerships
$52,032 · median $107,497
#11of 17
below median
Child Nutrition
no purchases · median $0
—
not purchasing
School Buses
$607,120 · median $107,054
#5of 17
at/above median

Annual Savings

MSD Southwest Allen County Schls · 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)

$52,032$41,625$31,219$20,813$10,406$0$52,032$32,778FY 25-26
Purchases Savings
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