How do I become an approved vendor?

1) Participate in Lyford CISD procurement process: 

Vendors that are interested in becoming a District Approved Vendor must take part in any of our Request for Proposals or Request for Bid and must be awarded by the board.  

 

*NOTE:  Only awarded vendors become Board Approved Vendors. 

 

2) Become a member of one of the following Purchasing Cooperatives:

 

Texas Cooperative Purchasing Network - Region 4

http://www.tcpn.org/

 

Multi-Regional Purchasing Cooperative - Region 2

http://purchase.esc2.net/

 

(TIPS) - Region 8

http://www.tips-usa.com/

 

Buy Board  

http://www.buyboard.com/

 

Dept of Information Resources Technology Contracts (DIR) 

http://www.dir.state.tx.us/

 

Region One Library Coop

http://www.esc1.net/12931097151952107/site/default.asp

 

Region One  

http://www.esc1.net/12931097151952107/site/default.asp                       

 

Region One - Child Nutrition South Texas Co-op

http://www.esc1.net/12931097151952107/site/default.asp

 

Region 20 – 2013 Purchasing Co-op**  Coming Soon!

http://portal.esc20.net

 

*NOTE:  Only awarded vendors that participate in the above mentioned purchasing cooperatives become District Approved Vendors.  If you'd like to be notified when bids are open you can fill out the Vendor Notification Application.  The responses for Vendor Notifications are valid for 2 years.