• Non-profit 501(c)(3)
• The MHEC represents over 2,100 member organizations throughout New England
• The MHEC has 85 charter members
• The MHEC is pleased to offer associate membership at no cost to the following organizations in New England:
  • Non-Profit Public and Private Institutions of Higher Education
  • Non-Profit Technical, Charter, and Vocational Schools
  • Municipalities, Elementary and Secondary Schools and Libraries
  • Non-Profit Preparatory Schools
  • Non-Profit Educational Organizations
• Over 50 contracts awarded to multiple suppliers, which equals over 700 supplier contracts
• Our i-buy marketplaceTM makes shopping simple for any of the 25,000+ products and services from over 700 local, regional, national, and international suppliers.
• Has over 6,000 brands on contract
• Working together for higher education and educational organizations since 1977
• We represent one of the many tools in the procurement professional’s tool kit
• We provide accountability and audit tracking
• We provide annual contract volume reporting which includes tracking:
  • small organizations
  • minority institutions
  • women-owned organizations
  • disadvantaged institutions
  • prison industries
• Member of NAEB-NE
• Most staff are MCPPO, NAEB-NE, NEMA, MASBO, MANAHRO designated
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• Member of MAPPO
• All MHEC IFB’s are publically bid with Chapter 30B as standard
• The MHEC has developed some contracts in collaboration with:
  • MLS (Massachusetts Library System)

Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium

c/o University of Massachusetts Amherst
100 University Drive, Suite 1
Amherst, Massachusetts 01002
413-545-4669
info@mhec.net