• What's New?

  OSC Endorses two Insurance Programs; Very Competitive Pricing with a traditional group insurance program through Liberty Mutual and a self-funded group insurance program through SORSA.   Contact Tami Perkins for more information.

   

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  Sign up for the Electronic Vendor Audit System before June 30^th - Prepare for the new fiscal year AND collaborate to drive down the price!

   

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  OSC Unified Invoices

  OSC will invoice members for annual program fees in July with a unified invoice.  This allows your accounts payable department to reduce the number of payments made to OSC for annual memberships.  Your OSC fee will be calculated on the bill, as well as any other variable payments.

   

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   We are pleased to announce that the ‘Save on Delivery Program’ from Educational Shippers Association (ESA) is now available to our members.  The Program is FREE and guaranteed to save you money the very first time you use it. 

   

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   Medical Mutual offers 1% discount. Fully-insured groups 51-500 FTE not part of a health consortium, Contact Kevin Grady 888-814-7239.

   

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  Follow OSC on Twitter @OSC_ohio to get the latest news on how OSC can help your school save dollar$!

   

   

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The Ohio Schools Council (OSC) is a consortium of 192 school districts, educational service centers, joint vocational districts and Developmental Disabilities boards in 35 northern Ohio counties. Ohio Schools Council exists for the purpose of obtaining top quality products and services at the most competitive price through cooperative purchasing. In short, $aving $chools dollar$.

Ohio Schools Council offers group purchasing programs in the areas of electricity, natural gas, insurance, commodities, and a host of other goods and services.

Formed in 1986 under Ohio Revised Code Section 167 as a regional council of governments by 53 school districts, Ohio Schools Council is managed by a governing board of nine superintendents from member districts.

Notice to Vendors

Specifications for Workstations, Monitors, Laptops and Tablets to approximately one hundred ninety-seven (197) school districts who are members of the Ohio Schools Council (OSC), Cuyahoga, Medina and Lorain Counties Educational Service Centers who form the North Coast Shared Services Alliance (NCSSA) are now available to interested vendors.  Copies of said specifications must be secured from the Ohio Schools Council, 6133 Rockside Road, #10, Independence, Ohio 44131, (216) 447-3100 ext. 103.

Vendors wishing to submit quotations on the above specifications shall do so by 12:00 p.m. EST on Friday, May 3, 2013 to Ohio Schools Council, 6133 Rockside Road, #10, Independence, Ohio 44131.

The North Coast Shared Services Alliance (NCSSA) is a voluntary organization and functions under its own stated procedures and general conditions for securing competitive quotations on products to be purchased by its members.

                                                                                                          Dennis Allen
                                                                                                          Assistant Executive Director
                                                                                                          Ohio Schools Council

p.d. April 18, 2013