Northwest Indiana Education Service Center

Cooperative contract utilization · your members only · 2025-26
Contract Spend $1,416,987 revenue-share contracts · 2025-26
Contract Savings $283,397 vs. retail / list pricing
Active Districts 16/ 18 purchased through a contract this year
Contracts Used 10 9 buses ·42 categories available

Contract spend by quarter

Purchases through revenue-share contracts, by calendar quarter, across the 2025-26 fiscal year (July–June). Buses run a separate Apr–Mar bid cycle and are shown below; Sourcewell, vendor partnerships and Child Nutrition carry no cooperative admin fee, so they are not counted here.

$383,618
Q3 2025
$444,411
Q4 2025
$270,704
Q1 2026
$318,254
Q2 2026
Q3 2025 · Jul–SepQ4 2025 · Oct–DecQ1 2026 · Jan–MarQ2 2026 · Apr–Jun

All contracts used · 10 vendors

Every vendor your 16 active member districts purchased through CIESC cooperative contracts this year, by spend. Click a district below for its full report. Child Nutrition purchases carry no cooperative admin fee, so they earn no revenue share and are not included here. Sourcewell purchases are listed separately below.

Amazon
$678,335
Online Marketplace · 10 districts · $135,667 saved
CDWG IT
$307,743
Technology · 8 districts · $61,549 saved
ProVision Sales
$238,440
School Bus Cameras · 1 district · $47,688 saved
CMP
$67,982
Copy Paper · 5 districts · $13,596 saved
Staples
$46,128
Office Supplies · 4 districts · $9,226 saved
School Specialty
$39,751
Office Supplies · 13 districts · $7,950 saved
CDWG Chromebooks
$23,320
Chromebooks · 1 district · $4,664 saved
KI Furniture
$13,483
Furniture · 2 districts · $2,697 saved
Really Good Stuff
$1,485
Classroom Supplies · 3 districts · $297 saved
GBC/ACCO
$320
Laminators · 1 district · $64 saved

Sourcewell purchases

Purchases your member districts made through a Sourcewell contract. Sourcewell is a national purchasing cooperative — it keeps its own administrative fee, so these purchases carry no CIESC cooperative admin fee and are not part of the contract spend above.

Hussey Seating
$223,654
Sourcewell · 1 district · $44,731 saved
Deere and Company
$38,156
Sourcewell · 2 districts · $7,631 saved
School Health
$1,253
Medical Supplies · 2 districts · $251 saved

District × contract matrix

Each member district's spend across all 10 contracts used. Darker = more spend. Click a district to open its full coop report.

DistrictAmazonCDWG ITProVision SalesCMPStaplesSchool SpecialtyCDWG ChromebooksKI FurnitureReally Good StuffGBC/ACCOTotal
School City of Hobart····$438,487
Duneland School Corporation·······$229,507
Portage Township Schools········$211,774
River Forest Community Sch Corp·······$106,499
School City of Whiting······$94,121
Union Township School Corp·····$85,078
School City of East Chicago·······$68,242
Porter Township School Corp······$56,228
Hanover Community School Corp·······$48,317
Lake Station Community Schools·······$21,202
Lake Ridge New Tech Schools········$19,252
MSD Boone Township······$15,500
School Town of Highland········$11,052
Gary Community School Corp········$10,106
Hammond Academy of Science & Tech·········$1,544
Griffith Public Schools·········$78
Andrean High School··········$0
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy··········$0

School buses

9 buses purchased $1,522,679 spent · $45,000 saved · flat $5,000/bus
By district · 5 districts
Portage Township Schools 4 buses $692,149 $20,000 saved
Porter Township School Corp 2 buses $276,339 $10,000 saved
School City of East Chicago 1 bus $196,474 $5,000 saved
School Town of Highland 1 bus $179,378 $5,000 saved
Hanover Community School Corp 1 bus $178,339 $5,000 saved

Member districts · 18

16 purchased through a cooperative contract this year. A $0 isn't always a miss — the ⓘ explains districts that, for example, contract transportation out.

DistrictSpendSavedVendorsCategoriesMissed
Portage Township Schools $928,860$62,355223
School City of Hobart $438,487$87,697661
Porter Township School Corp $332,567$21,246432
Union Township School Corp $309,198$17,016541
School City of East Chicago $264,716$18,648332
Duneland School Corporation $229,507$45,901323
Hanover Community School Corp $226,656$14,663333
School Town of Highland $190,430$7,210224
River Forest Community Sch Corp $106,499$21,300332
School City of Whiting $94,121$18,824432
Gary Community School Corp $24,112$2,021223
Lake Station Community Schools $21,202$4,240332
Lake Ridge New Tech Schools $19,252$3,850224
MSD Boone Township $15,500$3,100441
Hammond Academy of Science & Tech $1,544$309114
Griffith Public Schools $78$16114
Andrean High School $0$0005
Thea Bowman Leadership Academy $0$0005