Green Purchasing

The Mid-Atlantic Purchasing Team (MAPT), coordinated by the COG and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council (BMC), provides cooperative procurement opportunities for local jurisdictions, drinking water and waste water entities, school systems, community colleges, and other public entities in the Baltimore-Washington and Northern Virginia regions.  MAPT reduces costs for its member governments through economies of scale created through volume buying. The program allows public and non-profit agencies across the region to combine their purchasing power to cooperatively purchase goods and services and to ride each other’s contracts using the MAPT Rider Clause.

MAPT facilitates opportunities for its members to procure environmentally preferred products and services by advancing cooperative opportunities, sharing information on rideable contracts, and providing technical assistance. For more information, see the MAPT, COG, and BMC websites.