To provide clarity and guidance to municipalities in light of new procurement requirements related to Executive actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic, LaMATS Purchasing Services has released a helpful guide authored by LPS Procurement Consultant Paul Holmes. Click the below link to download a copy of the document in PDF. [DOWNLOAD & READ FULL DOCUMENT]

LaMATS Capital Outlay consultant James Purpera recommends that municipalities review the Governor's recently released Capital Outlay (HB 2) Recommendations, which support capital outlay funding requests with monies appropriated from the state treasury and other sources for the Fiscal Year commencing July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021. "The first thing municipalities should do is read through the recommendations and confirm that any requests they've made are reflected in t

In addition to the discount purchasing contracts and online bidding services we provide to Louisiana's local governments, LaMATS is proud to offer its many purchasing benefits to Louisiana schools through its new Group Purchasing Organization: LPS-Schools GPO. We now offer full GPO services to schools across Louisiana in compliance with Title 38’s Public Bid Law. Our growing list of purchasing contracts includes hundreds of popular products and services from a host of statewi