The Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies' (AEPA) mission is to cooperatively serve its agency memberships through a continuous effort to explore and solve present and future purchasing needs. AEPA’s goals include working on behalf of its agencies to secure multi-state volume purchasing contracts that have benefits that are measurable, cost-effective and continuously exceed AEPA’s membership expectations.

Fairfax County Public Schools is one of 26 member agencies from around the country in AEPA. Through AEPA, Fairfax County Public Schools is able to offer competitive contracts and vendors.

AEPA’s goals are:

• Leverage the purchase power to benefit all schools regardless of size, with the ability to purchase at equal buying levels.
• Combine the potential needs of all schools to create an incentive to vendors to offer the best price and the highest quality product in the country.
• Streamline the bidding and purchasing process through a locally and nationally recognized legal purchasing solicitation (thus saving districts the time and money of having to do so themselves).

AEPA contracts are pre-bid to enable districts to leverage buying power for better pricing and time savings. Many Virginia school districts can use cooperative purchasing vehicles such as AEPA to achieve their purchasing objectives without the need for further bidding. Each entrusted district should review its own purchasing policies to ensure compliance prior to purchasing through the AEPA cooperative purchasing method.  AEPA is also available to local governments and institutions for higher education.

If you have any questions about AEPA, please contact Michelle Pratt at 571-423-3571.

View AEPA contracts:

Contract Title	Contractor	Contract Number
Athletic Equipment & Supplies	SSI ACQUISITION LLC	4400010386
Athletic Equipment & Supplies	PARTAC PEAT CORPORATION	4400008454
Athletic Equipment & Supplies	SCHOOL HEALTH CORP	4400008535
Athletic Field Lighting	HELLAS CONSTRUCTION INC	4400010363
Athletic Surfaces	APT ACQUISITION & CONSTRUCTION	4400009606
Athletic Surfaces	FIELDTURF USA INC	4400009607
Athletic Surfaces	HELLAS CONSTRUCTION INC	4400009531
Athletic Surfaces	SHAW CONTRACT FLOORING SERVICES INC	4400009598
Athletic Surfaces	SPORT SURFACES DISTRIBUTING INC	4400009670
Athletic Surfaces	THE MOTZ GROUP LLC	4400009668
Career & Technical Education	MIDWEST TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS & SERVICE	4400008456
Custodial Supplies & Equipment	BUSCH SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL INC	4400008984
Digital Display Solutions	DAKTRONICS INC	4400009178
Digital MFD/Copiers PrinterSvs	KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS	4400010376
Digital MFD/Copiers PrinterSvs	KYOCERA MITA AMERICA	4400010377
Digital Resources	MACKIN BOOK COMPANY	4400009179
Facility Management Software	DUDE SOLUTIONS INC	4400009583
Furniture	NATIONAL BUSINESS FURNITURE LLC	4400008180
Furniture	SSI ACQUISITION LLC	4400010384
Furniture	SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC	4400008208
Furniture	BIOFIT ENGINEERED PRODUCTS	4400008222
Hardwood & Synthetic Flooring	SPORT SURFACES DISTRIBUTING INC	4400010370
Lawn Groundskeeping Equipment	HUSQVARNA PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS INC	4400009601
LED Lighting	FACILITY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC	4400008233
Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO)	PLUMBING SPECIALTIES INC	4400008455
Office Supplies	QUILL CORP	4400008925
Playground & Recreational Eqp	ROMTEC	4400009134
Roofing & Buildng Envelope Svs	WEATHERPROOFING TECHNOLOGIES INC	4400010369
School & Instructional Supplies	QUILL CORP	4400008931
School & Instructional Supplies	PITSCO INC	4400008933
School & Instructional Supplies	BLICK ART MATERIALS LLC	4400008876
School& Instructional Supplies	SSI ACQUISITION LLC	4400010387
Security Solutions	34ED LLC	4400010379
Technology Catalog	CDW LLC	4400008174
Technology Catalog	MNJ TECHNOLOGIES DIRECT INC	4400008221