Atlantic County Cooperative

Atlantic County Government is the lead agency for the Atlantic County Cooperative. The cooperative is a group of governmental agencies, school districts and authorities within Atlantic County who joined together as a group to purchase certain goods and services. Presently there are 18 municipalities, 24 school districts and 3 authorities enrolled as members of the cooperative. Purchasing through the cooperative is strictly on a voluntary basis and not all members participate in all purchases. However all members are encouraged to participate as often as possible to take advantage of large purchases through the collective effort of the cooperative.

When the bids are advertised for goods or services that will be offered to the cooperative, a breakdown of the participating members and the approximate quantities for each will always be in the bid document. Because of this the bidder will have a very good idea as to the size of the bid and who the participating members will be including addresses and locations. As the lead agency, Atlantic County encourages its bidders to take advantage of the buying power of its cooperative.

Present Cooperative Members

Items Presently Bid Cooperatively

• Natural Gas
• Milk and Dairy Products
• Bread and Bakery Products
• Fuel and Heating Oil
• Gasoline
• Yellow Sand
• Rock Salt
• Miscellaneous Janitorial and Photographic Supplies
• Miscellaneous Lumber Supplies
• Auction