Answer: The Massachusetts Higher Education Purchasing Consortium (“MHEC”) was established under Massachusetts State Law (Ch. 15A, € 24A) to provide efficiencies and cost savings to its members. Public and private colleges and universities, not for profit charter, technical and vocational schools, municipalities, including elementary and secondary schools, libraries, housing authorities and not for profit educational organizations located in New England (Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island) are all eligible for FREE membership.