New Contracts Added to Our Roster!

AEA Purchasing has added MORE contracts to our programs!

As we welcome a new season, we also welcome NEW! vendor partners to our contract roster. Check out who's new below.

(Click on the vendor's name for more information.)

• AmTab (Furniture/Equipment)
• Demco (Furniture/Equipment)
• Lakeshore Learning (Furniture/Equipment)
• Meteor Education (Premier F+E) (Furniture/Equipment)
• Medicaleshop Inc. (Medical equipment and supplies for special needs)
• TinyEye Therapy Services (Speech, OT and brain health therapy services)
• Trex dba Staging Concepts (Portable stages, risers, etc.)

Summer Learning with Pitsco

Planning for summer learning? Let AEA Purchasing and Pitsco Education help you out!

Pitsco Education's extensive experience tells us that every out-of-school program comes with unique challenges and goals. their team of former educators utilize their large catalog of hands-on products and curriculum to craft a one-of-a-kind program that fits your needs. From a single product to a total transformative program, no request is too big or too small. Take a look at how we recently enabled one of the largest school districts in the country to deliver a hands-on summer STEM program for their students.

Pitsco's out-of-school STEM learning micropub highlights similar stories from across the country where they've delivered the resources and support needed to craft successful programs - many of which were funded by ESSER. Your summer learning goals are Pitsco's priority!

March Program Highlights

Check out what's happening with AEA Purchasing and our fabulous vendor partners this month:

+NEW! Contracts for 2022-23

As we welcome a new season, we also welcome NEW! vendor partners to our contract roster. Check out who's new below! (Click on the vendor's name for more information.)

• AmTab 
• Demco 
• Lakeshore Learning 
• Meteor Education (Premier F+E) 
• Medicaleshop Inc 
• TinyEye Therapy Services 
• Trex dba Staging Concepts

+Summer 2022 Paper Buy

It's hard to believe...but AEA Purchasing is gearing up for another paper buy! In just a few short weeks, the ordering window for our Summer 2022 paper buy will be open. Keep your eyes on our paper buy profile page for complete details.

+Athletics Purchasing Program

Is your school ready for spring sports and outside PE classes? Our Athletics & PE program covers everything your school might need to support your PE and extra-curricular programs. For a list of vendor partners in this area as well as an outline of products under contract, click here!

+Vendor Promotions

Want to know more about our vendor partners and what they have available? Check out this month's Vendor Promotions folder! Special offers, flyers, and brochures are added daily.

+Social Media

Follow us on social media to see what we are up to! You can find us on Twitter and Facebook!

Vendor Feature: Signal Restoration

Signal Restoration Services (Signal) is a national emergency response restoration company. As a mitigation and restoration specialist, Signal has extensive experience and expertise in disaster recovery, environmental services, cleaning, repair, and reconstruction.

Iowa schools can save on Signal's services by using the AEA Purchasing contract (#021.5-B)! While we never hope you need these services, you can rest easy knowing you have a partner in your corner. 

To learn more about how Signal can serve your school during an emergency (or non-emergency situation), contact:

Signal
Keith Knightly
973-222-2925
kknightly@signalrestoration.com

Be sure to reference contract AEPA IFB-021.5 B on all communication with the vendor.

It's Pi-Day!

Celebrate and learn all about Pi-Day with AEA Purchasing and Pitsco Education! Click here to start your learning adventure!

Save on your Athletics & PE Supplies!

AEA Purchasing's Athletics & PE cooperative purchasing program covers everything your school might need to support your PE and extra-curricular programs. Iowa schools can shop and save with cooperative contracts from:

• Partac Peat
  Partac Peat is an awarded vendor partner providing discounts on Athletic Supplies and Equipment and manufacturer of the Beam Clay® product line. Partac Peat: "We dress your fields, not your players!"
  
  
• Sportime (School Specialty)
  Sportime, a School Specialty company, provides physical activity equipment and sporting goods that have been designed by PE teachers and are driven to motivate children of all ages and all ability levels.
  
  
• Daktronics
  Daktronics designs, manufacturers, builds and installs scoreboards, video displays, electronic message centers, pool timing systems, indoor and outdoor sound systems, and rigging.
  
  
• School Health
  School Health is the leading provider of sports medicine, health supplies, and equipment to the US education market and offers more than 20,000 products offered from over 1000 suppliers.

For contract information, contact us today!

2022 Big Book from Pitsco Education!

Pitsco Education offers 1,000s of hands-on products and solutions for PreK-12 learners and is excited to share their new 2022 Big Book catalog with you! It’s their mission to positively affect you and your learners so they can become the citizens of tomorrow. After all, the future is for the making! New to the Big Book this year is an entire early-learning assortment enabling little learners to learn BIG through hands-on discovery and collaboration with their peers. 

Flip through the 2022 Big Book to explore this early learning assortment plus coding, robotics, and STEM/STEAM solutions for all ages, or request a physical copy of the catalog here. 

If ordering directly from Pitsco, remember to enter promo code AEPA22 during checkout for your exclusive discount of 2% off your purchase plus free shipping on orders of $50 or more. If shopping using the AEA Purchasing Marketplace, the discount is already built into the price you see online.

For product questions or price requests, the team at Pitsco is eager to serve you. Contact Preston or Angela today!

Pitsco Education
Preston Frazier
Education Advisor - Midwest
(office) 800-835-0686, ext. 4559
(mobile) 620-687-7104
pfrazier@pitsco.com
Twitter: @PitscoPreston

Angela Watson
Bid Clerk
(office) 800-835-0686
awatson@pitsco.com 
www.pitsco.com 

LED Lighting Webinar with FSG!

FSG Lighting, is hosting a webinar next week on the uses and benefits of LED lighting as well as how you can save on related products and supplies using the AEA Purchasing contract! 

Join us and learn how upgrading your facility to LED lighting can reduce energy and maintenance costs. Many electric utilities have incentives to help cover the cost of the upgrades. FSG can assist with those programs and applications. 

Webinar: Overview of the AEA Purchasing/AEPA Lighting Contract: 
Approved services that include lighting, sports lighting, disinfection, air quality monitoring, and IOT products

March 9 @ 11 AM Eastern / 10 AM CST

Register here

March Vendor Promotions!

Have you checked out the latest info and specials from our vendor partners?

What are you waiting for? 

Check out our March vendor promotions today! New content is added daily.

Air Purifiers from Flaghouse

Flaghouse is pleased to partner with AEPA members to provide portable air purification systems, in support of healthy classrooms and institutional environments.

Contract pricing for Iowa schools can be found here. Be sure to reference bid # AEPA 2020 on all correspondence to insure special pricing.

For additional product information and contract quotes, contact:

Flaghouse

Mike Halloway

800.793.7900 (ext. 7613)

Mhalloway@flaghouse.com

https://www.flaghouse.com/pages/aepa/

Bid reference: AEPA2020

+Access contract and product flyer 
+See the air purifiers in action! (Link to video)