Case Study: Housing Authority of Monroe County, PA saves $50K and wins first procurement award with GovSpend

Piggybacking saves $50K, earns Housing Authority first ever procurement award

Housing Authority of Monroe County Pennsylvania faced the common public‑procurement challenge of finding reliable vendors and securing the best price for services. Director of Capital Improvements Joe Ruggiero signed up for the GovSpend application to search peer agencies’ contracts and identify vendors for a tree‑trimming project.

Using GovSpend, he found a Lackawanna County agency’s tree‑trimming vendor and piggybacked on that existing contract to lock in the same rate, saving $50,000. GovSpend’s application enabled the housing authority to reallocate those savings to other project needs (like kitchen renovations) and earned Joe GovSpend’s first procurement award.

Housing Authority of Monroe County Pennsylvania

Joe Ruggiero

Director of Capital Improvements