About Us

Bringing Purchasing Power and Expertise Together

SPURR combines the collective purchasing strength of our members with deep market expertise to deliver smarter utility solutions. Rather than approaching each request as a one-off project, we leverage established procurement frameworks, pre-negotiated contracts, and proven processes to secure the right solution at the most competitive price — efficiently and compliantly.
Our programs support natural gas, electricity, EV charging and infrastructure, solar energy, telecommunications, internal networking, LED lighting, and expense management — helping members reduce cost, mitigate risk, and simplify complex procurement decisions.

Joint Powers Authority Background

SPURR is a Joint Powers Authority (JPA) formed under the California Joint Exercise of Powers Act. This legislation allows two or more public agencies to combine their authority to jointly exercise powers they already hold individually.

JPAs are commonly used to aggregate expertise and purchasing power — particularly for complex procurements such as insurance and utility services. Through a joint powers agreement, participating agencies authorize the JPA to act on their behalf as agreed.

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What This Means for You

As a SPURR member, you gain access to pre-negotiated Master Contracts for utility solutions — enabling you to:

Procure faster
Secure optimized pricing and contract terms
Reduce administrative burden
Remain fully compliant with state and internal procurement requirements

SPURR simplifies the process so you can move quickly, confidently, and compliantly.

A Board of Your Peers

SPURR is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of leaders from member institutions, ensuring decisions are guided by firsthand experience and focused on delivering strong value, accountability, and member-first oversight.

SPURR Board and Officers

January 2026 (left to right)

Nick Clair, Lozano Smith law firm, SPURR’s general counsel

Kevin Flanagan, SPURR REAP and Electricity Programs

Constantine Baranoff, Lozano Smith law firm, SPURR’s general counsel

Micaela Ochoa, Contra Costa CCD

Tim Zearley, Modesto City Schools

Sherry Gladin, Bakersfield City SD

Chris Higle, Ceres USD

Alethea Rollins, SPURR Deputy Managing Director

Jeremy Seng, SPURR REAP and Electricity Programs

Christine Miktarian, State Center CCD

Michal Healy, Santa Clara USD

Todd Cutler, Lake Tahoe USD

Glen Senestraro, Cloverdale USD

Michael Rochman, SPURR Managing Director

Gary Mingle, SPURR Finance Consultant

Thad Malit, SPURR Deputy Managing Director

Anne Marie Gordon, Alameda County Office of Education (not shown)

Our Process

Proven and innovative procurement processes to save you time and money.

Managing the procurement process for utility services and equipment can be challenging for many public entities, especially given the complex new options coming into the market including solar and LED lighting. That’s why SPURR leverages its expertise in public utility procurement to ensure our members have access to the best utility solutions, pricing, and terms and conditions with every RFP. Then you can quickly implement the right solution at the best price.

Working with SPURR

Empowering CA Public Education Agencies and Eligible Entities

SPURR aggregates purchasing power and expertise for California public agencies, public education, and other eligible public entities. When an “Eligible Entity” becomes a “Participant” in one of our programs they adopt SPURR’s competitive RFP process. Typically we:

Publish a competitive solicitation, usually an RFP, and invite prospective vendors to submit pricing and terms.
Answer vendor questions and obtain clarifications to responses.
Evaluate compliant responses, using price as our primary factor, but not the only one.
Select winning vendors for awards of specific items or services
Enter into SPURR Master Contracts (SMCs) with the winning vendors and make the included pricing and terms available to “Eligible Entities”.

Sectors

Our approach has been tested and proven by hundreds of participants.

More than 250 California public school districts, county offices of education, and community college districts rely on SPURR procurement programs to serve thousands of facilities across the state. That’s because they know we understand their unique needs, procurement and implementation processes as well as the leading utility solutions available today. Then we aggregate requests from multiple entities into our proven RFP process to give you purchasing power in selecting the best option.

What Our Clients Say

From the outset, SPURR took the time to understand our specific needs and objectives, crafting a highly detailed RFP that attracted highly qualified solar companies. SPURR’s ability to distill complex technical details into actionable insights was invaluable and we selected a solar company that exceeded our expectations.

On behalf of the Oakland Unified School District, and especially our students, I want to offer my sincerest gratitude for the support and commitment your team has shown our district. REAP ($6M+ in savings), leveraging DA ($1.1M in savings), UUT ($50k claw-back and elimination of tax on 60 accounts).

Our eRate procurement for Category was much easier when we desired a design build contract with a vendor. Our eRate Category 2 project was approved when we used the SPURR contracts and RFP documents!

We get the information we need ahead of time to plan for our annual budgeting. In addition, we get updates on market conditions and events related to our procurement and notifications of opportunities we would not normally be aware of without the SPURR association. None of this was provided with our previous supplier.

Fresno’s sustainability success story would not be possible without the industry expertise and support of SPURR. I just can’t thank SPURR enough for their support and the hard work they have done on behalf of the citizens of Fresno.

As an Administrator in Poway Unified, energy and solar weren’t generally in my realm. Walking into my first experience in partnership with SPURR was such a valuable relationship, words can hardly express. The level of professionalism, willingness to explain all the nuances, and provide the guidance needed throughout the process and after has been greatly appreciated.

I feel fortunate to have this master contract in place as it probably saved us 1.5 years on procurement timeline. Your guidance and support is also very much appreciated.

SPURR is a valuable ally in the progress we’ve made towards our energy goals, saving our institution months of planning and resources to source a solar vendor. Their expertise and professionalism are excellent and we’ve appreciated all of the help so far.

SPURR provides statewide competitive procurement that allows us to move with confidence when entering into multi-million dollar energy contracts.

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