Multi-State Volume Purchasing

AEPA serves public agency members through a continuous effort to explore and solve present and future purchasing needs. State members work to secure multi-state volume purchasing contracts with benefits that are measureable, cost-effective and continuously exceed our state member’s expectations.

We are pleased to offer significant savings on everything it takes to run a school or office.

The contract categories listed below offer the best prices on quality products and services based on the needs of 25 million students across the nation.

Purchasing Categories - Multi-State Volume Purchasing - AEPA Coop

South Western Communications

Contact: Ivan Cagle
Work Phone: 502-526-8725 Website: https://www.swc.net/

Biography

SWC leads in communication, physical security, and life safety solutions for schools, hospitals, jails, and government/commercial. For more than 45 years, our solutions have improved communication and safety by mitigating, monitoring, and helping prevent incidents. We secure more than 5 million K-12 students, 78,000 licensed beds, 250 government facilities; manage 57,000 access credentials; and have completed more than 700 detention projects. Our offerings include access control, cameras, door monitoring and locking, wireless duress systems, fire, vape, environmental, and weapon detection, and much more.

SWC’s innovative neXus smart campus solution integrates all safety and security systems into a single, interactive, 3-D facility map, providing real-time alerts for unlocked doors, duress events, vaping, and weapons detection. It can notify law enforcement or first responders when necessary and even enable room or full campus lockdowns.

Scalable, reliable, and cost-effective—SWC’s solutions help ensure a safer learning or work environment.

Notes

BID 2025

Bid recommended for approval in December 2024. Contract and extensions possible through March 2029.

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