BuyFair cooperative contracts eliminate the 6–8 month procurement cycle. Roberts Design Build Solutions is a pre-awarded vendor — select us, issue a purchase order, and begin work in days.
Traditional RFPs consume months of staff time and tens of thousands in soft costs before any work begins. Cooperative contracts compress that timeline to days.
BuyFair is a national governmental purchasing cooperative led by Region 15 Education Service Center, a Texas state agency. Through a rigorous competitive solicitation process, BuyFair pre-awards contracts to qualified vendors — giving public agencies across all 50 states the ability to procure services without conducting their own RFP.
Roberts Environmental Control Corp is a BuyFair-awarded vendor for HVAC, mechanical, and design-build services. The competitive solicitation has already been completed — your agency simply piggybacks on the existing award.
Membership is free. No fees, no obligations, no minimums. 100% audit-proof with complete solicitation documentation available on request.
Cooperative contracts deliver the same competitive integrity as traditional procurement — with dramatically less time, cost, and risk.
Eliminate 4–8 months of RFP development, advertisement, evaluation, and negotiation. Select a pre-awarded vendor, issue a purchase order, and begin work in days — not quarters.
Traditional RFPs cost agencies $86,000+ in consultant fees, legal review, staff time, and advertisement. Cooperative contracts eliminate these soft costs entirely — redirecting budget to the actual project.
All 50 states authorize cooperative purchasing. BuyFair contracts are competitively solicited by a Texas state agency with complete documentation available for auditors — satisfying even the strictest procurement requirements.
BuyFair vendors are evaluated on qualifications, experience, and capability — not just price. Roberts DBS was awarded through a competitive solicitation that assessed technical merit, safety record, and project delivery history.
No more low-bid surprises. Cooperative contracts are best-value awards with established terms, insurance requirements, and performance standards. You know exactly who you're working with before the project starts.
When HVAC systems fail mid-semester or grant deadlines expire, there's no time for a 6-month RFP. Cooperative contracts give you a pre-approved path to immediate action — without cutting compliance corners.
BuyFair cooperative contracts are available to over 90,000 public agencies and eligible organizations nationwide.
Public school districts with capital improvement, life safety, or facility upgrade needs
Higher education facilities with HVAC, mechanical, or building infrastructure needs
Healthcare facilities with critical HVAC, air quality, or infection control needs
Municipal buildings, public works, courthouses, and government-owned facilities
Government facilities requiring mechanical, HVAC, or building system upgrades
501(c)(3) organizations and community facilities eligible for cooperative purchasing
Tribal government facilities and organizations eligible under cooperative statutes
Churches, synagogues, mosques, and religious facilities eligible through BuyFair
Answers to the most common questions procurement teams ask about cooperative contracting.
No. BuyFair contracts are competitively solicited through Region 15 Education Service Center, a Texas state agency. The full competitive process — including national advertisement, sealed responses, and independent evaluation — has already been completed. Your agency piggybacks on an existing, fully compliant award. Complete solicitation documentation is available for auditors.
Yes. All 50 states have statutes authorizing cooperative purchasing. BuyFair contracts include piggybacking language specifically designed for multi-state use. In Illinois, cooperative purchasing is authorized under the Governmental Joint Purchasing Act (30 ILCS 525) and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 ILCS 220). Your legal counsel can verify applicability for your specific entity type.
Yes. Cooperative contract pricing is established through a competitive solicitation process — the same market forces that drive traditional bids apply here. Additionally, your agency eliminates $86,000+ in procurement costs (consultant fees, legal review, advertisement, staff time, evaluation) that a traditional RFP requires. That savings goes directly to your project budget.
The cooperative contract provides the procurement framework — it does not limit project scope or complexity. Roberts DBS customizes every project to your facility's specific requirements, including engineering, design, equipment selection, and installation. We've delivered complex multi-building HVAC retrofits, displacement induction systems, and full design-build projects through cooperative contracts.
Traditional RFPs served their purpose, but infrastructure needs have accelerated. Aging HVAC systems, indoor air quality mandates, energy code requirements, and expiring grant deadlines don't wait 6–8 months for procurement. Cooperative contracting delivers the same competitive integrity in days instead of months — so your facilities get upgraded while funding is still available and summer construction windows are open.
Days, not months. Once your agency selects Roberts DBS via the BuyFair cooperative contract and issues a purchase order, work can begin immediately. There is no separate RFP, no public notice period, and no evaluation committee required. For school districts, this means projects can be scoped in spring, approved by the board, and completed over summer break.
Your infrastructure challenges won't wait for an 8-month RFP cycle. Let us show you how cooperative contracting delivers the same compliance — in a fraction of the time.