Overview of the Purchasing Department

The Highland Park ISD's Board of Trustees have approved participation in select purchasing cooperatives and inter-local agreements.

HPISD is a member of the Region 18 Education Service Center Purchasing Co-Operative in Midland, Texas. This co-operative issues three catalog discount bids every year, including instructional and office supplies, computer hardware and software, and P.E. and athletic equipment. Most HPISD purchases that fall into these categories are made through Region 18 approved vendors. For more information about being placed on the Region 18 bid list, contact Gary Bond at 432-567-3258 or email him at gbond@esc18.net. By becoming an approved vendor through the region 18 Purchasing Cooperative you can do business with HPISD and the many other participating school districts in the state of Texas.

2007-2008 Region 18 Vendor List

Highland Park ISD is also a member of the Texas Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN), the Buyboard which is operated by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), and the Texas Building and Procurement Commission (TBPC).

TASB Buyboard Vendors (As of May 9, 2008)

Link to TCPN Website and Listing

Current Bids and Proposals

 Completed Bids and Proposals

RFP MAN-2008 Metropolitan Area Network

RFP CH-2008 Complete Coaches Headphone System

RFP PSS-2007 Parent Satisfaction Survey Document

RFP SP-2007 Specialty Printing, Gifts, Awards, Trophies, Promotional and Marketing Items

 Highland Park ISD's Bid List

HPISD maintains a list of vendors for bids and proposals that are issued by the district. This list ensures that each vendor requesting placement on the bid list is offered an opportunity to issue a bid response or proposal response when their commodity or specialty is being formally requested. To be placed on the HPISD bid list, please complete the vendor profile form and return it to Vanessa Hart by fax at (214) 780-3099 or by e-mail at hartv@hpisd.org

Vendor Profile Form - PDF format