AEPA Coop | Nationally Bidded, Locally Awarded | Education and Nonprofit Cooperative Purchasing

Our mission is to cooperatively serve our agency memberships through a continuous effort to explore and solve present and future purchasing needs. AEPA is working on your behalf to secure multi-state volume purchasing contracts that have benefits that are measurable, cost-effective and continuously exceed our memberships expectations.

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RFI/RFP – eSourcing and Contract Management Service

Request for Information (RFI) will be received by the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) until: October 16, 2023, 4:00 PM CT

Proposals will be accepted by invite after qualifications have been verified by committee for identified AEPA needs and functionality of service: November 08, 2023, 4:00 PM CT

The Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) is requesting information from companies capable of providing an eSourcing service to manage and streamline our entire solicitation process. We seek to evaluate the capabilities and offerings of suppliers with which AEPA will ultimately enter into an agreement for a robust managed Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) that supports and complies with policies, guidelines and processes relevant to procurement including soliciting, evaluating, awarding, processing, executing and overseeing contracts, and contract compliance.

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What do we do?

The Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) is a multi-state non-profit organization made up of Educational Service Agencies / political subdivisions organized through a Memorandum of Understanding between all participating states.

We are a true “cooperative” who serves to leverage purchasing power to benefit all schools and agencies, regardless of size, with the ability to purchase at equal buying levels.

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Our Vendors

AEPA takes pride in offering quality products and services from well-known vendor partners. AEPA has numerous vendors recommended for award through a competitive bidding process. View bidding documentation and current solicitations.

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Association of Educational Service Agencies Partnership

AEPA has formed an alliance with the Association of Educational Service Agencies (AESA) to further promote cooperative purchasing opportunities in your state.

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A Network of State Agencies

AEPA takes pride in offering quality products and services awarded through a national competitive bidding process. Our contracts are supported by a cooperative of educational service agencies that work together to support schools and other non-profit entities throughout the US. Click on the state to learn more.