Efficient Planning Purchasing is Goal of PlanSource

PlanSource, a cooperative procurement program of the Houston-Galveston Area Council, helps local governments streamline the procurement process by giving users the opportunity to obtain a variety of planning services through a simple purchase order. Planning services offered through PlanSource have been subjected to a stringent competitive proposal format based on Texas statutes for Councils of Governments under the Local Government Code Chapter 252. Two-year contracts were extended in May 2009 to 39 planning firms with extensive national and international experience.

Local governments can join more than 2,300 agencies from 37 states already eligible to participate in PlanSource by executing an interlocal contract with H-GAC.

PlanSource is a voluntary program, with no obligation to purchase services or minimum spending levels required by H-GAC. H-GAC charges an administrative fee of two percent of the total project bill.

For more information, please visit www.ThePlanSource.org or contact Amanda Thorin at 713-993-4587 or Amanda.Thorin@h-gac.com.

Houston-Galveston Area Council
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (www.h-gac.com) is a voluntary association of local governments in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning Region—an area of 12,500 square miles and more than 5.7 million people. H-GAC works to promote efficient and accountable use of local, state, and federal tax dollars and serves as a problem-solving and information forum for local government needs.