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MEMBER-OWNED

Group Purchasing
Organization

since 1949
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Group Purchasing
Organization

school help
senior living purchasing
nurse hosptial

MEMBER-OWNED
since 1949

Serving our Members
for more than 75 years.

Strengthening communities by helping our Members fulfill their missions.

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How to Become a Member

HPS is already working with thousands and thousands of Members in the majority of states, and many of our Members have been with us for decades. Becoming a Member is pretty easy and definitely rewarding. 

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How We Help You

As a group purchasing organization, we help you save money. We also help you save time—we perform the due diligence, the Request for Proposals, and the negotiations, all with one thing in mind: getting the best deal possible for our Members.

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List of Vendors

Our contracts cover essentially everything you need to run your operation, regardless of your business. From food to office supplies to medical equipment to maintenance support to auto parts to, well, everything else - we likely have a contract that covers it.

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Request an Evaluation

One of the most important steps you can take in deciding whether HPS is the GPO for you is to ask us to conduct an evaluation of your spending. You supply about a month’s worth of invoices in a particular area, such as dietary, office or medical/surgical, and we’ll compare the prices you pay with the prices available through our program. You'll be pleased.

HPS is a group purchasing organization that, at the beginning of this fiscal year, serves the needs of more than 5,000 Members in 36 states. Member-owned and operated since 1949, our core membership base is made up of organizations that have a direct impact on the communities they serve, from hospitals to senior living facilities to schools and many more.
 
HPS puts vast purchasing power in our Members’ hands without losing focus on their individual needs. HPS offers our Members access to nearly 200 contracts through which they can purchase essentially everything they would need to run their operations. In addition, our Members enjoy a purchasing program for furniture and equipment, and an in-house interior design program.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

  • Actually, today “HPS” technically stands just for “HPS.”

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    When our organization was formed more than 75 years ago, we only catered to hospitals and medical groups, so at that time “HPS” stood for “Hospital Purchasing Service.” But those days are long gone, and our membership has grown to include, in addition to hospitals and medical groups, senior living facilities, schools and educational groups, senior nutritional feeding programs, county governments, religious organizations, camps, jails and so much more.

     

    We like to think it stands for “Helping People Succeed.”

  • HPS is owned by our non-profit Members.

  • HPS is an industry member or exhibitor with many associations across all classes of trade, both at the state and national levels. In our last fiscal year, we attended or sponsored 96 events; we also maintained memberships and actively participated in 62 different associations in 17 states and seven nationally. The list of associations, conferences and trade shows that we support is continually changing and growing. There is a calendar of events on our Member website that lists upcoming conferences that HPS is involved in.

     

    HPS also serves on the committees of five organizations, and we are a founding member of the Association for Healthcare Foodservice of Michigan.

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    To see if HPS supports a specific association, please contact the Member Resources department at 800-632-4572, or email MemberResources@hpsnet.com.

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