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Educational & Institutional Cooperative Service (E&I)

A University Strategic Alliance Partner for Collaborative Buying Services

E&I The Educational & Institutional Cooperative Service (E&I), the only collaborative buying organization dedicated to higher education, is our primary collaborative buying business partner.

In addition to the contract suppliers listed below, Purchasing Services is partnering with E&I in the Higher Education Collaborate Sourcing Project with other major institutions across the country. Purchasing Services evaluates each newly awarded E&I competitively bid contract for its competitiveness to existing Penn pricing. Purchasing Services will adopt and implement each new E&I competitively bid contract when the E&I contract supplier pricing as well as business terms and conditions are favorable to the University.

Penn Enabled E&I Travel Contract Suppliers

Supplier Commodity
Avis Car Rental
Enterprise Car Rental
Hertz Car Rental
Marathon Travel Travel Agency Services

Penn Enabled E&I Purchasing Contract Suppliers

Supplier Commodity
Agilent Technologies Life Science Products
Airgas Industrial, Medical & Research Gases
The Baker Company (Colcom Incorporated) Baker Workstation & Cabinets
Beckman Coulter Research Centrifuges
Fisher Scientific Laboratory Products & Furniture
GE Healthcare (through VWR) Life Science Products
Gemini Bio-Products Biological Products & Chemicals
GovConnection Computer Peripherals
Grainger Incorporated Facilities Maintenance Products
Hewlett Packard Computer Equipment
HireRight Incorporated Staff Management Services
IKON Office Solutions Copier & Facsimile Equipment
Specialty Underwriters Equipment Maintenance Program
Steelcase
- A Pomerantz & Company
- Corporate Interiors
Office Furniture
Whalen's Moving & Storage Company Faculty & Staff Relocation Services

Penn faculty and staff are also purchasing from the following E&I suppliers that are in the BEN Buys approved supplier database as non-contract suppliers.

  • Anthro
  • Black Box
  • Brayton (Steelcase Design Partner)
  • Details (Steelcase Design Partner)
  • Digital Intelligent Systems (DISYS)
  • Gaylord Brothers
  • Global Industries
  • Henry Schein Incorporated (Athletic Products)
  • Interface Americas Incorporated
  • Sexauer
  • Turnstone (Steelcase Design Partner)
  • Xerox

Annual Purchases

Annual purchase spend with E&I suppliers has resulted in the University of Pennsylvania ranking:

  • #1 in E&I member purchases during CY2008 (excluding purchasing card spend) with total purchases of $19,740,892, an increase of 10% versus calendar year 2007.
  • #1 in E&I member purchases during CY2007 (excluding purchasing card spend) with total purchases of $17,884,208, an increase of 58% versus calendar year 2006.
  • #2 in E&I member purchases during CY2006 (excluding purchasing card spend) with total purchases of $11,310,012, an increase of 408% versus calendar year 2005.

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