Welcome to the Hallsville ISD Purchasing Department

 Important Note - Recently Hallsville ISD, particularly Kathy Bradford in Purchasing, was notified that a scammer was sending emails about an upcoming IT project. Please be aware that this is not from Hallsville ISD. Recently other districts have reported this same situation and vendors have been scammed out of merchandise. The fraudster  is using a similar email address that contains .hisdtx. Please verify any orders with our purchasing department and know that vendors that conduct business with Hallsville ISD must have an approved purchase order from our district before placing an order.

For EDGAR Manual and related documents see document section below.

For Travel - Employees please see the Intranet Page for TRAVEL

http://intranet.hisd.com/employee-handbook-and-forms/

 HALLSVILLE ISD utilizes IonWave for online bids.

Even if you are a current vendor with HISD, please register as a vendor on the Ion Wave system so that you will be notified of any bid opportunities. Completing the registration with IonWave does your make your company an approved vendor  with our district. 

Registration is HERE.  Additional help for registration is found HERE

Current Bid Opportunity: 

Educational Contracted Services RFP  - opened 10/1/2024 closes 8/31/2027

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR VENDORS

In order to do business with Hallsville ISD, a Vendor Packet will need to be completed.

The Vendor Packet includes (documents found below):

• A vendor application - Vendor Application
• Completing a W-9 (filled out completely and properly) IRS-W9 Form
• Conflict of Interest Questionnaire TX-Conflict of Interest form (if applicable)
• HISD Debarment Form - HISD Debarment Form
• Felony Conviction Form and Criminal History Verification (if applicable)
• Certificate of Insurance (with HISD as additional insured, if applicable)

Please send the completed vendor packet to your contact in the district or Kathy Bradford at kbradford@hisd.com. 

 Vendors

Purchases from vendors that operate on a cash basis (do not accept purchase orders) will not be allowed.  To comply with purchasing laws, HISD uses several cooperative and Interlocal agreements as allowed under the law.  The district participates in several cooperative purchasing programs (see below). The vendor list is continuously updated as new bids are awarded.   All purchases must use awarded vendors in compliance with both state and federal purchasing statutes, particularly EDGAR.  Some exceptions can be made for purchases using local funds for Best Value, Sole Source and other exceptions.

Free searchable tool to locate vendors - Pavillion

Region 7 Purchasing and Vendor Services

EPIC 6 Purchasing Co-op

TIPS ESC Region 8 Purchasing

Allied States Co-op (Region 19)

Choice Partners Purchasing Co-op

BuyBoard (TASB)

DIR

Equalis Group

OMNIA Purchasing (Formerly National IPA and US Communities

PACE Purchasing Cooperative

Sourcewell (formerly NJPA)

TEA Approved Contracts

TX Smart Buy

TEXAS PURCHASING - TEXAS DEBARRED VENDORS

EDGAR MANUAL and Accompanying                    Other Purchasing Documents

                          Documents