This works slightly different than our cooperative purchasing program. As a Sourcewell awarded supplier, you now have access to potential Department of Defense sales that support military installations across the U.S., including bases and facilities supporting defense operations, through our Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA). This agreement authorizes us to support installations’ procurement efforts by tapping into you, our awarded-supplier network, to help the military get the supplies and services they need faster than traditional military procurement methods.
The IGSA is very prescriptive and defines what this means for Sourcewell and for you, as one of our awarded suppliers. The installation initiates all activity. The process starts with a request from the installation. Sourcewell staff will determine if we can satisfy the request via our catalog of awarded solutions.
Contact your assigned Supplier Development Executive. Check your company’s supplier profile page on our website to find your assigned administrator. Not a Sourcewell awarded supplier? Learn how you can become one here.
Sourcewell is a local unit of government, more specifically, a service cooperative created by the Minnesota legislature via statute 123A.21, with the objective of serving government entities, local and federal.
Sourcewell offers a variety of programs and services for public entities to help communities thrive. Our widest-reaching offering is our nationwide cooperative purchasing program. Thousands of public entities are registered as participating agencies for our cooperative purchasing program. They leverage more than 750 competitively solicited and awarded contracts we have with hundreds of suppliers to streamline their procurement and maximize taxpayer dollars.
In September 2023, after a few years of piloting at a single military installation, Sourcewell officially signed an Intergovernmental Support Agreement (IGSA) with the Army Installation Management Command. It is the largest IGSA in the Army’s portfolio and the first to include the entire U.S. We are eager to expand and establish similar agreements with additional military branches.
The IGSA allows us to support installations’ procurement efforts upon Army request. Installations can request our help in getting the supplies and services they need in the categories of operations supplies, equipment, facility sustainment and repairs, and minor construction. Sourcewell serves as an additional procurement resource for the Army – another option installations can rely on.
The Army-Sourcewell IGSA authorizes all Army installations across the U.S., to participate. Army installations that are actively participating include:
Fort Cavasos, Texas
Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Fort Johnson, Louisiana
Fort Liberty, North Carolina
Fort Moore, Georgia
Fort Riley, Kansas
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Fort Stewart/HAA, Georgia
White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico
Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona
Sourcewell can participate in IGSAs and provide this service because we are a local unit of government.
Sourcewell has a team dedicated to supporting the execution of the IGSA. It is an honor to serve the Army with our procurement expertise and nationwide network of awarded supplier contracts.
We have hundreds of suppliers in our nationwide network, and it is constantly evolving. See our list of suppliers and competitively awarded contracts. These suppliers are a key component of our cooperative purchasing program.
Since the late 1990s, Sourcewell has offered a nationwide cooperative purchasing program for public entities. We help thousands of cities, counties, schools, and all manner of public agencies get the goods and services they need to serve their constituents quickly, compliantly, and often at a better price.
A “competitively awarded contract” is a contract that Sourcewell awards after our procurement team has conducted a fair, transparent, and open procurement process. See a detailed explanation.
Sourcewell awards contracts at the corporate level, making it possible for local authorized dealers and contractors to sell to or serve public entities via the Sourcewell contract. Sourcewell staff will work with installation leadership to meet the needs of the installation using local authorized dealers and contractors when possible.
