Systemwide Technology Access

Systemwide Technology Access Collaborative (STAC)

The Systemwide Technology Access Collaborative (STAC) is a systemwide collaboration between the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, the Foundation for California Community Colleges’ CollegeBuys program, and the California Virtual Campus initiative.

The STAC program centralizes the ordering of online teaching, learning, and student support tools and provides broader access to educational technology tools at an additional discounted price achieved through aggregate procurement during a specified buying window.

STAC is available to all 116 California Community Colleges. To date, we have reached 109 colleges, delivering more than $31 million in savings since launching for FY2021.

The goals of the program are to achieve:

1. Efficiency by centralizing procurement of essential online education tools
2. Cost savings through the system’s combined spending potential to create economies of scale
3. Institutional parity in pricing and service delivery regardless of purchasing volume or institutional size
4. Accountability in vetting and approval of supplier partners by system partners
5. Compliance with state law in acquiring products and services.

Eligibility

All California Community Colleges may participate in STAC. Participation is non-mandatory.

If you have questions about eligibility and participation please contact CollegeBuys collegebuys@foundationccc.org.

Not sure if your college is already participating in STAC?

Ordering

Pricing on the programs’ Order Form is a not-to-exceed amount, meaning a participating college will not pay more than what is indicated on the Order Form. If an existing contract is already in place with one of our partners, we will assist in the negotiations of a prorated price and align service terms to cover the remaining months of the fiscal year.

To complete an order:

1. Submit the completed Order Form to collegebuys@foundationccc.org by June 12th, 2026.
2. CollegeBuys will provide a quote for review by your college or district. Quotes will reflect not-to-exceed pricing.
3. Acknowledge and approve the quote provided, or submit a prepared purchase order to collegebuys@foundationccc.org.
4. Your district will receive an invoice after the purchasing window closes. Based on the selection made on the Order Form, the invoice will be issued either before or after June 30. The invoice will reflect final pricing and cost savings for each selected service.
5. Once the purchasing window is completed, suppliers will reach out to the implementation contact provided to implement the order.