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Cooperative Purchasing in Georgia
As the AEPA agent in Georgia, we can work together to create a brighter future through cooperative purchasing, enabling us to take advantage of vendor discounts and enhance our buying power!
As the AEPA agent in Georgia, we can work together to create a brighter future through cooperative purchasing, enabling us to take advantage of vendor discounts and enhance our buying power!

CPA serves as the AEPA agent for Georgia, assisting schools, cities, counties, governmental organizations, and nonprofits in accessing competitively bid cooperative purchasing contracts. We streamline the procurement process, allowing you to concentrate on your mission without any cost to your organization. Discover the benefits of vendor discounts and learn more about the AEPA difference!

At CPA, your trusted AEPA agent in Georgia, we believe in the power of community and the importance of working together to achieve our goals. We empower you to explore and address your current and future purchasing needs through our cooperative purchasing options. Our multi-state volume contracts provide measurable benefits, ensuring you have access to valuable vendor discounts that are both cost-effective and efficient.
Cooperative Purchasing Agency is excited to share that one of our AEPA member vendors is offering a complimentary Energy Savings Pre-Assessment, and we are pleased to extend this opportunity to you.
This service helps you understand your facility’s current energy usage and identify opportunities to reduce costs, particularly for lighting and HVAC systems. The pre-assessment also provides valuable data that can support applications for state or federal grants, loans, bonds, and other funding programs.
IKIO LED Lighting will conduct the pre-assessment at no cost and has a proven track record helping schools achieve up to 30% energy savings through turnkey solutions, including sports lighting, supported by detailed case studies.
IKIO and CPA Agency remain committed to providing everyone with valuable information that supports making cost-effective and energy-efficient decisions.
If you are interested in this complimentary service, please contact
Karla Bledsoe at kbledsoe@ikioledlighting.com
You can also view this brief video highlighting IKIO sports lighting solutions. The video outlines a smart approach to selecting sports lighting systems that help reduce energy consumption and operating costs.
The Cooperative Purchasing Agency is excited to announce that one of our AEPA member vendors is offering a complimentary Energy Savings Pre-Assessment, and we are pleased to extend this opportunity to you. This service helps you understand your facility’s current energy usage and identify opportunities to reduce costs, particularly for lighting and HVAC systems. The pre-assessment also provides valuable data that can support applications for state or federal grants, loans, bonds, and other funding programs. IKIO LED Lighting, a preferred partner for AEPA agents in Georgia, will conduct the pre-assessment at no cost and has a proven track record of helping schools achieve up to 30% energy savings through turnkey solutions, including sports lighting, backed by detailed case studies. You can also view this brief video highlighting IKIO sports lighting solutions. The video outlines a smart approach to selecting sports lighting systems that help reduce energy consumption and operating costs. IKIO and the Cooperative Purchasing Agency remain committed to providing everyone with valuable information that supports making cost-effective and energy-efficient decisions, including access to vendor discounts. If you are interested in this complimentary service, please contact Karla Bledsoe at kbledsoe@ikioledlighting.com.

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Please reach us at aepa@cpa4schools.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
The main goal of Cooperative Purchasing Agency or CPA, the AEPA Agent in Georgia, is to serve nonprofit institutions and save its members the time and expense of soliciting bids at no cost to your organization.
AEPA is your one-stop shop for many of the things a school, town or non-profit needs, with full line of competitively bid products. We’ve done the leg work for you, following state-specific purchasing guidelines. And by combining the purchase power of those that we serve across the country, we’ve secured deep discounts on everything you need.
AEPA contracts are designed to protect buyers and are guaranteed to save you time and money. We streamline the bidding and purchasing process through a single locally and nationally recognized purchasing solicitation. Click here to see how we do that.
The contract categories listed here offer the best prices on quality products and services based on the needs of 25 million students across the nation.
Its’s easy and free to save money, there are no membership forms to fill out, and no cost to participate.
In most cases, customers will work directly with the vendors for pricing and ordering information. Simply contact the vendor(s) you are interested in and request AEPA contract pricing.
AEPA has put safeguards in place to assist with this.
CPA advertises the bids in Georgia based on Georgia's state bidding requirements.
Each contract is awarded by CPA, not by AEPA, which gives CPA local control and you local support.
For more information go to https://aepacoop.org/
AEPA currently partners with multiple vendors to provide a wide-array of procurement categories. If your organization provides a product and/or service that is already offered by AEPA, then your organization will need to wait until the category is re-bid upon the completion of the current contract.
All current bids are posted on the AEPA website under Bidding Information or you can register to receive bid notifications through AEPA's online bid platform, Bonfire, by clicking here.
We are here for you, so feel free to call or email during normal business hours. Our AEPA agent in Georgia is ready to assist you with any questions regarding cooperative purchasing and vendor discounts.
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