COSTARS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Whereas Section 1902 of Act 57 of May 15, 1998, as amended by Act 142 of December 3, 2002, 62 Pa.C.S. Section 1902, authorizes local public procurement units to participate in those contracts for supplies and services entered into by the Department of General Services that are made available to local public procurement units.  A "local public procurement unit" is defined as: any political subdivision any public authority any tax exempt, nonprofit education or public health institution or organization any nonprofit fire company, nonprofit rescue company, nonprofit ambulance company and to the extent provided by law, any other entity, including a council of government or an area government, that expends public funds for the procurement of supplies and services.

Registration - Eligible local public procurement units must register on-line with the Department of General Services.  Once you register you will receive an approval letter with your member number.  Please note that Local Public Procurement Units will not be permitted to register more than once, you are urged to share your member ID & password with other staff within your organization that needs access to the COSTARS website.

DGS requires Local Public Procurement Units and State Affiliated Entities to register as COSTARS Members, and only those entities registered with DGS may purchase from the Contract. Several thousand potential Purchasers are already registered with DGS as COSTARS Members. THE CONTRACTOR AGREES TO SELL ITEMS OR SERVICES UNDER THIS CONTRACT TO DGS-REGISTERED COSTARS MEMBERS.  THE CONTRACTOR IS NOT PERMITTED TO USE THIS CONTRACT TO SELL TO NON-COSTARS MEMBERS.