Mohave is a nonprofit corporation known predominately for its cooperative purchasing contracts that benefit member agencies throughout Arizona. Public school districts, cities, counties, community colleges, and qualifying nonprofit organizations to use Mohave contracts through cooperative purchase agreements. As a statewide public procurement unit, administrative fees paid by users fund Mohave. No direct tax dollars come to Mohave.

No, the Prospective Bidder List is essentially a mailing list of interested vendors that wish to be notified of Mohave solicitations. In order to be an approved vendor that can sell to members through Mohave, you must be awarded a contract through a formal competitive procurement.

Most Mohave contracts are one-year contracts with up to four annual extensions. This means that Mohave contracts are usually rebid every 5 years.

You may search by category, key word or by the name of a known contract holder to access the information. Click on the name of a vendor in the category you’re interested in to view their page. The vendor page will display the scheduled final expiration date for the vendor’s contract. We generally issue a solicitation 3 – 5 months before the final expiration of the existing contract. That date is shown as the “Final Expiration” on the vendor’s page. However, contracts are subject to review and rebid prior to each renewal; that date is shown as the “Next Renewal” on the vendor’s page. The best way to know when a contract is rebidding is to maintain accurate and up-to-date contact information for your firm in the Prospective Bidder system.

Information about current solicitations can be found on the homepage of our website under the Contracts and Solicitations tab. Please bear in mind that scheduling for future solicitations is subject to change based on current Mohave needs and workloads, so check back often if you are anticipating a future solicitation.

No, Mohave is not in any way connected with the State of Arizona contracts.

Mohave uses the same state rules and regulations that govern our members’ procurement. These include the Arizona State Board of Education School District Procurement Rules, the Arizona Procurement Code, and applicable sections for the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Mohave issues solicitations based on member needs and requests only. If a Mohave member has expressed interest in seeing a new kind of contract, please ask them to let us know. If there is sufficient member interest, we will look into issuing a solicitation for a new contract. Members may let Mohave know of their interest by calling or emailing our contracts staff.

Members use Mohave’s contracts because Mohave’s purchasing policies and procedures come from the Arizona State Board of Education School District Procurement Rules, the Arizona Procurement Code and other sections of the Arizona Revised Statues. They are designed to obtain maximum value and benefit for our members, promote active participation from qualified vendors and provide fair, open, and non-discriminatory competition. Because we meet the requirements, our members are considered to have met the requirements. Mohave contracts are not a way to avoid the bidding requirements. They are a legal means to satisfy them, just as if the members had conducted the competitive procurements themselves.