COSTARS is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Cooperative Purchasing Program, a service provided by the Department of General Services for Local Public Procurement Units with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Eligible local public procurement units are defined as:
- Any political subdivision
- Any public authority
- Any tax-exempt, nonprofit educational or public health institution or organization
- Any nonprofit fire, rescue or ambulance company
- Any other entity, including a council of government or an area government that expends public funds for the procurement of supplies and services
COSTAR Advantages:
- Savings for volume purchasing and eliminated need for specification development, advertising, mailing and bid evaluation
- COSTARS facilitates the purchase of goods and services by simply issuing a purchase order to the state contract supplier of record
- Broad selection of commodities
Manufacturers on Contract
- Baker Ballistics
- Big Sky Racks
- Blauer Manufacturing
- DeSantis
- GH Armor Systems
- Gould & Goodrich
- Kimber
- Lasermax
- Leatherman Tool Group
- Meprolight
- Otis Technology
- PACA Body Armor
- Peerless Handcuffs
- Streamlight
- SureFire
