Welcome to HACC Procurement!
HACC, Central Pennsylvania’s Community College Procurement division is committed to providing support and collaboration to all departments within the College in order to help with their needs in the purchasing of supplies, equipment, goods and services. Our desire is to form new diversified supplier relationships while strengthening existing supplier relationships in order to better serve our students’ needs.
Our Procurement Department is sustained by a responsive and flexible framework which lends a hand with supplier development, negotiating a favorable supply chain solution, and to review, suggest and identify operating efficiencies.
Questions can be addressed to the procurement team by emailing: procurement@hacc.edu.
Bid Process/PennBid Program
What is the PennBid Program and why does HACC use it for public bids?
The PennBid Program (https://pennbid.net/vendor-training-documents/) is a managed website that efficiently matches buyers and sellers of goods and services, providing significant cost and time savings. As an Instrumentality of the Commonwealth, HACC is able to utilize this powerful tool. PennBid is used by over 1,500 public agencies, private sector companies and professional design firms for material purchases, skilled craft and professional services, and construction projects.
Public agencies, private companies and design firms can take advantage of the program to post and manage all aspects of their competitive bid process at absolutely no cost. Vendors gain full access to all features and program benefits following a one-time, no cost/no risk registration.
The PennBid Program has allowed HACC to streamline its public bidding process by offering the ability to utilize a single point of contact for all bids and proposals. It also increases the visibility of public postings by leveraging access to several thousand registered vendors, in addition to invited vendors. The site manages the bid process from posting, through questions and answers, and addendums, to the award of the bid.
Introduction to Group Purchasing Organizations
Also known as Cooperative Purchasing, a Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members
Group Purchasing Organization List (pdf)
Procurement Forms
The following forms are required for doing business with HACC. These forms should be filled out and sent to procurement@hacc.edu.
- Blank W-9 Form (pdf)
- Supplier Maintenance Form (pdf)
Procurement Terms and Conditions
Please review HACC’s terms and conditions for purchasing services and tangible goods.
