AEA Purchasing utilizes Public Purchase, a web-based eProcurement service. For our vendors, this eProcurement system provides you with automatic notification of open bids as well as a way to electronically transmit your bid solicitation responses. To view or respond to a solicitation, you must be registered with Public Purchase and have your account linked with AEA Purchasing. Instructions for registering are available here.
Current AEA Purchasing Solicitations
The following are open solicitations and are available via Public Purchase. Once your company is registered, click on the appropriate listing, and you will be forwarded to Public Purchase, where you can log in to view and/or respond to the solicitation.
AEPA #026.5 Legal Notice
Notice to Vendors: Sealed solicitations will be received by the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) on behalf of its 31 State Member Agencies until 1:30 p.m. ET, February 12, 2026.
Solicitations: 026.5-A Industrial Arts and Career & Tech Supplies and 026.5-B Institutional Kitchen Equipment. All responses shall be submitted online via Euna Procurement by the due date and time listed above. Vendors are requested to visit AEPA’s website at https://aepacoop.org/registration-solicitations/ for instructions on how to register at no cost with Euna Procurement. AEPA documents will be released on January 7, 2026. Note that Vendors must be able to provide their proposed products and services in up to 31 states.
Solicitations will be publicly opened at 2:00 p.m. ET, February 12, 2026, at EducationPlus, 1460 Craig Road, St. Louis, MO 63146. An opening record will be posted to AEPACOOP.org.