Contracts
Global Furniture Group
Global Furniture Group delivers exceptional value, stylish design elements, and superior reliability, bringing innovative and ergonomic products to market using the latest cost saving technologies. Global products are designed to facilitate learning inside and outside the classroom, encouraging connection and collaboration wherever it happens.
- Full line of value-priced product solutions, including seating, desking, tables, lounge, filing/storage, laminate and wood veneer casegoods, benching, and systems furniture
- Flex and reconfigure furniture to meet changing and diverse needs
- Products that support the integration of technology
- Long-term lifecycle endures heavy use
- Commitment to the environment and quality with BIFMA tested and rated products
- Network of qualified and experienced dealers provide a high level of product solutions and services, including delivery and installation
D2L Ltd.
Brightspace is a learning management system (LMS) that works on any computer, tablet, or mobile device. Comprehensive tools help administrators and staff stay flexible while giving instructors more power to teach. Brightspace also offers the unique ability to support advanced learning delivery techniques such as competency-based education and project-based, linear, blended, and fully online learning. It combines the tools, services, and support you need to deliver a best-in-class teaching and learning experience in one convenient package.
- Flexibly designed to support all users from a single platform
- Adaptive design seamlessly responds to different devices, no matter the type or size
- Real-time mobile app gives students a complete picture of tasks, timelines, and updates
- Fully customizable system to mirror an institution's personality, branding, roles, and organizational structure
- Native analytics enable teachers and students to understand how and when an achievement happens
- Cloud services with 99.9% uptime for anytime, anywhere learning
- Continuous delivery ensures you always have the latest version
Schindler Elevator Corporation
Schindler Elevator specializes in manufacturing, installing, servicing, and modernizing a broad range of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways for various mobility applications. Schindler's network of service experts keeps your equipment running and helps maximize reliability, even offering maintenance programs that can be utilized for any brand of elevator and escalator equipment.
- Dedicated training, engineering, and technical maintenance support services based at Schindler's Center for Service Excellence
- Real-time monitoring of unfiltered performance results on the secure Schindler Customer Score Card
- Parts for all manufacturers stocked to allow for immediate repairs and replacement
- Complete programs for capital planning and modernization for all brands of elevators and escalators from simple upgrades to full replacements
Demco, Inc.
Demco has been dedicated to serving the needs of America’s libraries and schools for over a century. With thousands of unique or hard-to-find items, Demco helps E&I members create imaginative learning environments while leading the industry with unparalleled commitment to excellence in customer service. As the roles of schools and libraries continue to evolve, so too does Demco’s product selection, often providing solutions before you know you need them.
- Comprehensive selection of furniture, supplies, equipment, and learning materials
- Largest inventory of library supplies in the market
- Online ordering capabilities
- 100% satisfaction guarantee
- Designated contract team
- Commitment to outstanding customer service
Pittsburgh Paints Company
The Pittsburgh Paints Company is a leading provider of interior and exterior paints, stains, caulks, repair products, adhesives, and sealants for homeowners and professionals nationwide. With 150 years of product innovation, exceptional service, and technical support, their portfolio includes some of the industry’s most iconic and respected brands. The Pittsburgh Paints Company primes E&I members for success through the numerous products, services, and solutions they offer supporting new construction and renovation projects, including specification writing, product recommendations and training, site visits, job walks, planned painting programs, and a full complement of color communication tools and resources.
- Full range of indoor and outdoor paints and coatings, industrial coatings (DTM, etc.), stains, and sundries
- Athletic field, traffic, and zone marking paint
- Non-slip floor coatings
- Spray equipment, brushes, rollers, and related paint sundry items
- Over 600 company-owned store locations to better serve educational institutions
- Free delivery within your local store area (see specific store for details and availability)
- Aggressive discounting on key products most utilized within the education segment
- Additional discounting available for large purchase/project applications
- Direct-to-member incentive rebate
NuAire
NuAire manufacturers scientific laboratory equipment and compounding pharmacy airflow products, providing personnel, product, and environmental protection in critical research environments for educational institutions. As one of the world's leading providers of reliable, performance-driven equipment built to withstand the most demanding lab equipment, NuAire has been providing laboratory professionals with the equipment they need for more than 40 years.
- Access NuAire's entire catalog of lab equipment, including class II biological safety cabinets, laminar airflow equipment, animal handling cabinets, workstations, CO2 incubators, ultra-low temperature freezers, and centrifuges
- Fixed discount off list - entire catalog
- Additional volume discount for orders of five or more units
- Warranties include parts and labor
- Pre-established installation rates based on geographic location
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
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
Workday, Inc.
Recognized for being quick to implement and easy-to-use, Workday is a multi-tenant software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that is developed, supported, and deployed as one seamless cloud system across all clients. The solution is futureproof, as clients always have the latest version. Workday's single system is comprised of a broad range of flexible, intuitive applications including Workday Student, Workday Financial and Grants Management, Workday Human Capital Management, and Prism Analytics.
- Analyze enrollment and at-risk patterns and engage users with personal messaging with Workday Student, which covers recruiting, admissions, curriculum, records, advising, financial aid, and student financials
- Workday Financial and Grants Management provides a complete view of finances with real-time insights, configurable business processes, built-in controls, reporting, and analytics
- Workday Human Capital Management securely manages the talent lifecycle and provides the optimal user experience
- Prism Analytics brings internal and external data together under a single security model for more effective, faster decision-making
- Manage traditional IT-related aspects of your administrative applications so you can focus on other projects
- Automated updates ensure you always have the latest version and eliminate the cost and complexity of traditional upgrades
- Built-in reporting tools and real-time analytics provide a 360-degree view of your institution, eliminate the need for a data warehouse, enable trend analysis, and help determine resource requirements
- Address nuances specific to higher ed, such as academic appointments, tenure tracking, grants management, and more
- One Security Model ensures every user ID is associated with one tenant only, while perimeter defense, network intrusion prevention systems, and an encrypted persistent data store keep data secure
- Contractual Service Level Agreement (SLA) available for application uptime -currently at 99.7%. 98% of all user transactions take less than two seconds, with an average response time of 0.25 seconds
STERIS
STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. E&I members have access to high performance equipment, validation services, installation, maintenance, and remove monitoring.
- Special equipment discounts and product support
- Preventative maintenance at time of purchase
- Installation and deinstallation at the time of equipment purchase
- Life sciences capital equipment, including steam sterilizers, biocontainment systems, glassware washers, vaporized hydrogen peroxide equipment, and accessories and training
- Replacement parts (at time of initial purchase order only)
- Green initiatives with product enhancements such as descal-a-matic, water conservation kits, vacuum pumps, insulation kits, and remote equipment monitoring on some systems
- Standard training and setup included upon equipment purchase
