Municipal Association Cooperative Purchasing Program Adds New Partner

City Connect Market, a program launched by the Municipal Association of SC in 2021 to help South Carolina’s cities and towns take advantage of volume discounts on purchases, has added a new partner organization. 

The program has now joined on with the CarolinaBUY Cooperative, which serves municipalities and other organizations nationwide and offers purchasing contracts in areas including cybersecurity; office supplies; athletic and playground facilities; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; vehicles; signage and other areas.

This partnership joins another City Connect Market partnership that has existed since the program’s beginning with HGACBuy. That nationwide government procurement services assists with purchasing in a wide variety of products and services, primarily in the areas of public safety, public works, emergency services and communications.