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Cooperative Purchasing in Georgia
Together, as the AEPA agent in Georgia, we can create a brighter future through cooperative purchasing, allowing us to leverage vendor discounts and increase buying power!
Together, as the AEPA agent in Georgia, we can create a brighter future through cooperative purchasing, allowing us to leverage vendor discounts and increase buying power!

CPA is the AEPA contract administrator for the state of Georgia, helping schools, cities, counties, governmental organizations, and nonprofits access competitively bid cooperative purchasing contracts.
We take the time and expense out of the procurement process so you can focus on your mission, with no cost to your organization. Click here to learn more about the AEPA difference!

We believe in the power of community and the importance of working together to achieve our goals. At CPA, your trusted AEPA agent in Georgia, 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 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.
If you are interested in this complimentary service, please contact
Karla Bledsoe at kbledsoe@ikioledlighting.com
The OrganWise Guys have an excellent whole child, healthy living program! Now is the perfect opportunity for schools in Georgia to take advantage of cooperative purchasing options and secure the best pricing for next year, along with potential vendor discounts. Click here for a short video.

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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 are ready to assist you with any questions about cooperative purchasing and vendor discounts.
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