Articles from CoreTrust

CoreTrust, a premier strategic group purchasing organization (GPO) and spend intelligence platform with over 20 years of experience and $7 billion in annual aggregated spend, helps more than 4,000 member organizations turn indirect spend into predictable cost management and measurable savings. That capability is increasingly important amid persistent inflation.

CoreTrust, a premier strategic group purchasing organization (GPO) and spend-intelligence platform with over 20 years of experience and $7 billion in annual aggregated spend, today announced a major expansion of the CoreTrust Experience Platform (CXP). As part of its commitment to delivering technology-driven procurement intelligence, CoreTrust has introduced the AI-powered CXP Savings Roadmap, the latest feature within the CXP suite designed to help enterprise leaders rapidly identify, prioritize, and capture savings and cost-avoidance opportunities across their indirect spend.

CoreTrust, a premier strategic group purchasing organization (GPO), today celebrates its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of turning complex corporate indirect spend into measurable, long-term enterprise value.

CoreTrust, a premier group purchasing organization (GPO) with more than 20 years of leveraging data-driven procurement intelligence and $7 billion in aggregated spend, today announced the expansion of CoreTrust Europe and its procurement platform to the United Kingdom and key European markets, including France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland. While members can enroll when headquartered in these seven markets, CoreTrust’s supplier partners deliver negotiated coverage that reaches members well beyond them. This strategic international expansion answers direct demand from CoreTrust’s private equity partners and multinational members to extend the company’s proven model into large, still-underserved European markets — the same demand-led path CoreTrust has followed for nearly two decades in the United States.

CoreTrust, a premier group purchasing organization (GPO) managing $7 billion in aggregated spend, today announced a partnership with Deal IQ, a leading provider of final-stage negotiation services for enterprise IT contracts. Integrating Deal IQ into CoreTrust’s IT procurement offering expands its savings capabilities within indirect spend, providing members and private equity partners with an agile, high-velocity mechanism to optimize complex enterprise software contracts and renewals amidst accelerating IT cost pressure.

BuyQ, a leading group purchasing organization serving more than 4,000 charter and private schools nationwide, today announced new supplier categories, nearly doubling its category offerings to its charter school members in just six months following its acquisition by CoreTrust.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), today announced a new supplier partnership with UKG. Through this agreement, CoreTrust members will gain streamlined access to UKG’s Workforce Operating Platform. The platform unifies HR, pay, workforce management, and AI agents into a single solution that transforms the world’s largest workforce dataset into critical business insights supporting every worker, from the front office to the frontline.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization serving businesses and public agencies nationwide, today announced its acquisition of BuyQ, a trusted national procurement partner for charter and private schools. The transaction marks CoreTrust's strategic expansion into the education sector and represents a significant extension of its platform into a large and underserved community. Importantly, it also enables its network of supplier partners to reach a new, high-growth member segment while accelerating value creation for constituents across both organizations, and positions the combined organization to deliver enhanced value to schools, supplier partners, and both member bases.

CoreTrust, a leading Cooperative Purchasing Organization (CPO) trusted by thousands of organizations, today announced that Healthee has joined as an awarded supplier within the CoreTrust Public Sector Cooperative, marking the company’s continued expansion within the public sector. Through this partnership, CoreTrust members now have direct, compliant access to Healthee’s AI-powered benefits navigation platform via pre-negotiated cooperative contracts, effectively eliminating lengthy RFP cycles and enabling immediate deployment for state and local agencies.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) trusted by over 3,800 businesses, today announced a new strategic partnership with NPI, the recognized leader in data-driven IT price benchmark analysis and vendor negotiation intelligence. Together, the two organizations are launching an exclusive solution for CoreTrust members called the Fair Price Analysis (FPA)—a first-of-its-kind, scalable price and contract terms benchmark solution that delivers actionable vendor and category intelligence to IT and technology-adjacent spend areas—categories that have traditionally been underserved and overlooked despite being among the fastest-growing line items in organizational budgets.

CoreTrust (or the “Company”), a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), today announced the appointment of James Hallock as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Hallock has served as Interim CEO since July 2025, guiding the organization through a period of transformational growth.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) trusted by over 3,700 businesses, today announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Coupa, the leading AI platform for total spend management. Following an initial collaboration earlier this year to enhance Coupa Advantage with CoreTrust’s supplier contracts, the new phase of the partnership brings Coupa’s full AI-native total spend management platform and advanced analytics capabilities into the CoreTrust ecosystem — offering an end-to-end procurement solution designed for today’s resource-constrained, digitally driven environment.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), today announced cooperative agreements with major municipalities, including the Cities of Houston and Los Angeles, to launch its public sector cooperative. The initiative—unveiled at the NIGP (The Institute for Public Procurement) Annual Forum 2025—extends CoreTrust’s proven savings model to government agencies nationwide, unlocking value in a $490 billion market underserved by traditional cooperatives.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), today announced the addition of Ramp, the leading financial operations platform, to its supplier portfolio. With this partnership, CoreTrust members gain access to powerful, AI-driven solutions that help streamline financial operations, rein in costs, and navigate today’s complex economic environment with greater agility.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) trusted by over 3,500 businesses, announced the recipients of its 2025 Supplier Awards during its annual Supplier Summit, held on April 28-30, 2025, in Orlando, Florida. The event brought together CoreTrust suppliers, private equity firms, and CoreTrust employees to celebrate supplier excellence in innovation, collaboration, and growth.

CoreTrust, a leading Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), today announced the appointment of Vikram Suresh as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this role, Suresh will oversee CoreTrust’s financial strategy and operations, while partnering with the full organization to support CoreTrust’s next phase of accelerated growth.

CoreTrust, a prominent commercial group purchasing organization (GPO) announced today that Mahesh Shah has been appointed as the new CEO of the company. Mahesh comes with deep technical expertise and proven experience helping companies strategically scale growth and optimize internal and external operations to reduce costs and increase profits.

CoreTrust, a prominent commercial group purchasing organization (GPO) and a division of HealthTrust, and GEODIS, a global leading transport and logistics provider, today announced a strategic alliance to provide a full truckload (FTL) managed transportation solution to CoreTrust members.