E&I Contract Group
ePro Consulting & Implementation Services
Transform your procurement processes by partnering with expert providers through carefully curated contracts that guide you in adopting and optimizing eProcurement solutions. These industry leaders specialize in streamlining procurement, helping your institution reduce manual tasks, increase transparency, and improve decision-making with real-time data. By leveraging their expertise, you can drive greater efficiency, ensure compliance, and unlock significant cost savings. Whether you are implementing a new eProcurement system or enhancing an existing one, these providers offer the support and knowledge needed to maximize your institution’s procurement potential.
The AArete contract connects E&I members with this professional services firm lending expertise in the areas of financial, administrative, and academic consulting, with strengths in business process transformation, change management, and technology optimization to improve financial performance, process efficiency, sustainability, and supplier diversity.
The Benmar Group contract offers comprehensive cybersecurity incident detection and response solutions tailored for higher education, healthcare, and K-12 institutions. With over 25 years of IT consulting experience, Benmar delivers customized, enterprise-level services designed to protect against evolving cyber threats. Their offerings include 24/7 advanced monitoring, machine learning-driven threat detection, vulnerability assessments, and rapid incident response to minimize risk and enhance resilience. As a nationally certified minority-owned business, Benmar also supports supplier diversity initiatives while providing flexible, scalable cybersecurity solutions that empower institutions to strengthen their digital infrastructure and safeguard critical operations.
The Civic Initiatives contract provides comprehensive consulting services designed to help educational institutions leverage procurement as a strategic asset. Serving healthcare, higher education, and K–12 sectors, Civic Initiatives supports E&I members with planning, project management, strategy development, system implementation, testing, and ongoing support. With certified consultants experienced in public procurement, this contract offers a full range of services at preset hourly rates, enabling institutions to efficiently and effectively transform and optimize their procurement and IT functions.
The Deloitte contract offers educational institutions hands-on, practical consulting solutions to enhance academic, operational, and strategic success. Serving healthcare, higher education, and K–12 sectors, Deloitte combines global expertise with local insight to support teaching, learning, research, and community engagement. Their services span strategy and operations, student lifecycle management, administration and finance, talent and culture, risk and compliance, sourcing and procurement, and IT consulting—helping institutions tackle complex challenges and seize opportunities for growth and innovation.
The Groves & Company contract provides tailored source-to-pay consulting and integration services for healthcare, higher education, K–12, and government institutions. With over 25 years of experience, Groves delivers customized procure-to-pay solutions, from first-time implementations to system optimizations, supported by an education-focused team. Their innovative Groves Integration for People & Results (GIPR) platform connects multiple enterprise systems—streamlining procurement, supply chain, finance, and more—while ensuring compliance and efficiency. Recognized for flexibility, transparency, and measurable results, Groves combines strategic consulting, integration expertise, and competitive pricing to help institutions achieve long-term value and operational excellence.
Huron is a global professional services firm that collaborates with institutions to put possible into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering people to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas, and challenging the status quo, Huron creates sustainable results for the organizations they serve.
The Premikati contract offers comprehensive SAP Ariba and Icertis implementations, along with professional services, for associations, healthcare, higher education, K–12, and government institutions. Premikati partners with members to streamline procurement processes, automate contract workflows, enhance supplier management, and optimize sourcing strategies. Leveraging AI-driven solutions, OCR, tail spend management, and ESG tracking, their dedicated team ensures efficient, compliant, and cost-effective operations. With deep expertise in SAP Ariba and Icertis integrations and a strong track record in education, Premikati delivers tailored solutions that simplify purchasing, invoicing, and contract management—empowering institutions to focus on their core mission.
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The E&I Portfolio
Your Partner in Procurement
E&I has been in the business of procurement since 1934. Founded by institutions of higher education and member-owned, we are the only non-profit cooperative focused solely on serving the education industry.
Solicit Contracts On Your Behalf | E&I solicits our contracts for our member organizations. Following a strict process, E&I can provide members with accessible, practical, and compliant contracts.
Streamlined Process | RFPs are expensive - in both time and money. Take advantage of our competitively solicited portfolio to reduce administrative workloads, forecast and plan long-term projects, and create revenue opportunities to meet institutional objectives.
Creates Cost Savings and Efficiencies | E&I can provide Strategic Spend Assessments (SSAs) at no cost for our members. These assessments take an inside look at your organization's current and past spending and align it with opportunities to be more cost-effective in the future.
Need more information? Contact your E&I member representative to learn more about E&I's contract portfolio.
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competitively solicited contracts
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member institutions
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