Contracts
Ghent
With more than 40 years of crafting innovative and customizable products, Ghent specializes in creating blended solutions for education spaces. Products are delivered on time and hassle-free, with experience backed by exceptional customer service.
- Over 95% of products made in the USA
- Industry leading warranties
- Dedicated Account Manager
- Design Team for custom orders
- Quick Ship program: 90% of products ship within 10 days or less
DocFinity
DocFinity is a division of Companion Data Services, LLC, a Celerian Group Company. DocFinity is high-powered, next-generation Enterprise Content Management, Business Process Management, Workflow, and Records Management software. Enterprise content management module of DocFinity offers powerful standard functions like document capture and imaging, search and retrieval, viewing, editing, redaction, versioning, reporting, auditing, and collaboration. Records Management helps you comply with your own enterprise record retention policies, government regulations, and record retention and discovery for legal cases.
The DocFinity Suite of Services include:
- DocFinity Cloud
- Cloud Storage
- Cloud Electronic Signature
- Cloud API Actions
- Virtual Private Network, VPN
- Enterprise Search Server
- Advanced Capture Corporate/Business/Enterprise/Production
- Various DocFinity training courses/classes
- Implementation, Installation, Design, Consulting, Migration and Configuration services
- Data backup and recovery services
Southwest Contract
Southwest Contract is a family-owned and operated business that offers flexible furniture solutions constructed with removable and replaceable components so you can maximize available floor space. Southwest is the leader in creating room environments that offer students increased flexibility, space saving opportunities, and safety in a home-like atmosphere. The company's goal is to deliver high quality products backed by the best service.
- All Southwest furniture is free-standing and does not require any additional support
- Products are constructed with steel-to-steel fasteners
- Availability in a variety of sizes, configurations, and designs to optimize your furnished space
- Options for fabric and exterior colors
- Quick ship program
- Design services that include AutoCAD 2D, 3D, and elevated drawings
- Thorough understanding of strict regulations that residence halls must meet, and how those regulations vary state by state
B&H Photo Video
B&H offers a complete line of photo, video, audio, lighting, pro accessories, entertainment, projection, and surveillance devices. This contract delivers all this plus the broadest selection of security, multimedia, optics, and AV presentation technology in the industry. The E&I B&H Purchasing Portal allows members to view E&I pricing and purchase seamlessly online.
- Instant quotes and real-time contract pricing through their online purchasing portal
- Dedicated E&I Account Team for order processing, customer service, and unique requests
- Technical advice, planning, and solutions from experienced professionals
- State-of-the-art warehouses, efficient order processing, and real-time tracking
- Same-day shipping available for select items on orders placed before 4PM
- Various payment options, including p-cards and purchase orders
America To Go
America To Go revolutionizes the way educational institutions manage catering and food ordering. Through ATG's comprehensive platform, members can reduce costs and risk, increase compliance, streamline invoicing, and address almost any strategic priority including sustainability, healthy dining, and supplier diversity.
- From search to payment, automate the entire food ordering and catering process while maintaining user choice
- Incorporate expense policies, utilize approved vendors, and manage and pay through a single point of contact
- Vet all vendors for proper insurance and standardize your program to reduce potential fraud and overpayment
- Create and easily track initiatives to support diverse and local restaurants and caterers
- Create a virtuous sustainability cycle that meets your institution's sustainability goals
- Integrate with your eProcurement system to use your existing workflows for routing, approvals, invoicing, payment, accounting, and reporting
- 24/7 customer service with a dedicated Account Manager serving as point person with procurement, AP, risk, diversity, sustainability, users, vendors, and other stakeholders
Cook’s Direct
Cook’s Direct has 22 years of experience matching the right equipment to a facility's requirements. E&I members are sure to find the products they are looking for from trusted brands to keep foodservice operations running smoothly. Cook’s direct makes purchasing easy with expert support, fast response, and turn-key installation. Cook's Direct goes beyond just equipment and supplies, also offering a suite of services designed to streamline your foodservice operation.
- Member-specific website for easy ordering
- Online access to track orders, review invoices, and view order history
- eProcurment System Integration
- Extensive catalog of top-brand products and supplies
- Operator Training Programs
- Design Consultation and Installation Services
- Annual rebate credit to apply toward future purchases
Henry Schein, Inc. | Dental Supplies
Henry Schein is committed to providing the highest quality, largest selection, and best values in dental supplies. Through a centralized and automated distribution network, Henry Schein Dental distributes premier national brands, their own high-value Henry Schein brand, and specialized products for orthodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, periodontics, and prosthodontics, cosmetic, and general dentistry. These exclusive products support the learning and delivery of specialized services and the latest treatment technologies.
- Market basket program for frequently purchased items
- Member-specific hot list program (Negotiable & Optional)
- Includes full catalog offering
- Tiered incentive program
Xerox
Xerox products help you print faster, be more productive, and produce higher quality documents. Their extensive product portfolio includes everything from entry-level desktop copiers and printers to high-volume monochrome and color multifunction devices for institutions of all sizes. Managed Print Services improve workflow, Xerox® DocuShare for Education makes content management easy, and Xerox® ConnectKey® Apps for education help you be more productive, collaborative, and effective.
- Broad portfolio of products ranging from entry level and mid-range printer and multifunction printers to production solution presses.
- Competitively negotiated national pricing.
- 36, 48 and 60 month bundled lease agreements and outright purchase options.
- Standard delivery and removal are at no charge.
- Managed Print Services (MPS) to help members optimize their print infrastructure, secure their print environment, and automate related business processes using Xerox’s portfolio of security, analytics, cloud, digitization and ConnectKey technologies.
- Capture and Content Services (CCS) enable content digitization, management, workflow automation and intelligent document processing.
- Subcontracting opportunities with certified diverse businesses that can help member achieve their objectives.
Nikon Instruments, Inc.
Nikon Instruments, Inc. is committed to helping further bioscience and imaging technology and is particularly focused on excellence in microscopy and digital image microscopy. As the only microscope company to manufacture its own glass, Nikon Instruments ensures the very strictest quality assurance throughout the entire production process.
- Microscopy products and accessories, including light, digital, stereo, inverted, educational, research, and clinical microscopes, as well as microscope cameras and confocal and super resolution systems
- Nikon Service Agreements: needs to be signed prior to any Service Agreement going into effect
- Access to Nikon Bioimaging Services for researchers in the life sciences who need access to cutting-edge imaging instrumentation and the expertise to use it effectively
- Competitive and early payment discounts and quantity price breaks
- Five-year limited warranty on microscopes and accessories
- One-year limited warranty on confocal systems
- Extended warranties available on certain products
- Training and setup included at no charge
PHC Corporation
PHC Corporation of North America is a leader in laboratory equipment for the biopharmaceutical, life sciences, academic, healthcare, and government markets. A subsidiary of PHC Holdings Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, PHC is involved in three core areas: medical devices, healthcare IT, and life sciences. Product lines under the PHCbi brand include VIP® ECO, TwinGuard®, VIP Series, and more.
- Heated, refrigerated, and CO2 incubators
- Pharmaceutical freezers
- Ultra-low temperature upright and chest freezers
- High performance pharmaceutical and laboratory refrigerators and biomedical freezers
- Undercounter and general purpose refrigerators and freezers
- Cloud-based monitoring and notification systems
