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AEA Purchasing

Welcome to AEA Purchasing

AEA Purchasing facilitates a voluntary purchasing program to help Iowa schools and other eligible entities save time and money. Our goal is to combine the purchasing power of Iowa schools to offer aggressive pricing on materials, goods, and services through a competitive bid process.

$11 million

Estimated amount that schools saved in 2022-23 as a result of AEA Purchasing's programs

Program Highlights

Keep up with the latest news and information regarding our programs and contracts!

Program Spotlight

Office & Classroom

Our Office & Classroom program covers everything your school might need to maintain day-to-day operations. Contracts include copiers, MFPs, curriculum, makerspace solutions, STEM/STEAM/Coding & Robotics, basic office and school supplies, and more.

Open blue school backpack and notebook with apple
Open blue school backpack and notebook with apple

Vendor of the Week

Lawson Products

Lawson Products is an industrial distributor of maintenance and repair supplies. Since 1952, they've been dedicated to making sure their customers have “the right part in the right place at the right time.”

Piles of different sizes, types and colors in transparent plastic organizer box with other carpentry tools such screw driver, cordless drill measuring tape and hand saw on old wooden background.
Piles of different sizes, types and colors in transparent plastic organizer box with other carpentry tools such screw driver, cordless drill measuring tape and hand saw on old wooden background.