Contracts
Unimarket
Unimarket provides Source-to-Pay and Spend Management solutions designed for higher education and K–12. Unimarket’s modular approach allows institutions to license only the solutions they need, from sourcing and contract management to purchasing, invoicing, supplier management, expenses, payments, and analytics. Each solution works seamlessly with leading ERPs and is designed to eliminate manual processes, improve policy alignment, and deliver measurable value across procurement and finance operations.
Together, these solutions help institutions streamline operations, strengthen supplier relationships, enforce purchasing policies, and make more informed, data-driven decisions.
- Modular solutions for sourcing, contracts, procurement, invoicing, expenses, payments, and supplier management—license only what you need
- Seamless ERP integration with Ellucian Banner, Colleague, Workday, Oracle, and other leading systems
- Real-time visibility and reporting to monitor spend, enforce policy, and support compliance
- Built-in analytics to identify savings opportunities, reduce rogue spend, and inform strategic planning
- Catalog-driven marketplace that connects users to preferred suppliers with negotiated pricing
- Automated workflows that streamline requisitions, approvals, invoicing, and payment processes
- Fixed annual pricing model—expand usage across users and suppliers at no additional cost
- Cloud-based delivery ensures rapid implementation and shorter sales cycles with minimal IT burden
- Proven cost savings at scale — institutions routinely realize $600K+ annually at ~2,000 FTE, $4M+ at ~20,000 FTE, and significantly more at larger universities through improved compliance, reduced rogue spend, and negotiated pricing via Unimarket’s curated supplier marketplace.
Arrow Payments
Arrow Payments helps institutions simplify processes and drive revenue growth, providing the expertise E&I members need to manage existing payment systems, evaluate and audit the current state, set up merchant accounts, source and install equipment, integrate payments, and achieve PCI compliance. Their suite of services allows for visibility into payments systems to optimize efficiency, security, and profitability for educational institutions.
- Access to Arrow Payments payment processing solutions
- Point-to-point encryption (P2PE)
- Online payments and credit card processing
- Custom dashboard and payments strategy
- Merchant service support and PCI compliance
- Payment assessments and solutions discovery
- Systems integration and implementation
- Training, support, and maintenance
HireRight
HireRight is the industry's premier provider of employment screening services, helping educational institutions hire honest, qualified, and reliable employees. Their mission is to empower institutions with the information needed to quickly hire the best candidates while ensuring a safe and secure workplace. With HireRight's comprehensive screening services, E&I members receive customizable solutions and the ability to order, manage, and view background checks online or via an integrated solution.
- Customizable screening solutions
- Order, view, and manage background checks in one place
- Criminal record, vehicle record, sex offender, and prohibited party searches
- Education, employment history, and professional license and certification verification
- Drug and health screening
- Global screening
- Social media screening
- I-9 employee eligibility check services
Huron
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.
- Design sustainable business models end enhance financial decision making to secure near- and long-term financial health
- Generate savings, drive efficiency, and improve customer service by aligning resources and creating more value across departments
- Transform research support services with innovative operating models and leading technology that improve service to faculty, optimize cost recovery, and mitigate compliance risk
- Access to Huron Research Suite and Huron Research Office solutions
- Tailored solutions across every dimension of the student lifecycle to identify, attract, engage, and retain students
- Implementation support for SIS, student demand analytics, and CRM solutions
- Interim staffing solutions across multiple functional areas
Slalom, Inc. | General Consulting Services
Slalom, LLC is a global consulting firm focused on strategy, technology, and effective organizational transformation, with locations throughout the country. Their full range of consulting services paired with global reach and industry-spanning approach allows them to provide unique insights and unexpected solutions to facilitate change and transformation in new and enlightening ways. Slalom’s specialized and industry-specific specialists span a wide range of industries including private sector, life sciences, healthcare, and more. With a full range of consulting service options that focus on strategy, technology, and transformation, Ideas and methodologies are shared across each industry sector, resulting in creative and often unconventional solutions.
- Strategy, business cases, roadmaps
- Process optimization
- Cloud services (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
- Data and analytics (e.g., Boomi, Power BI, Tableau, Snowflake)
- AI, machine learning, LLMs (e.g., Bedrock, Copilot, and Gemini)
- Salesforce (e.g., Sales, Marketing, Service, Slack, Einstein)
- Experience design (e.g., human-centered approaches to UX and UI)
- Digital product engineering, custom applications, and integration
- Project management
- Change management, communications, and training
Avantor, delivered by VWR
As the channel brand of Avantor®, a Fortune 500 company, VWR serves as a leading global provider of product and service solutions to laboratory and production customers in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, industrial, education, government, and healthcare industries. VWR offers an integrated, seamless purchasing experience that is optimized for the way E&I members do business. Their portfolio is used in virtually every stage of the most important research, development, and production activities in the industries they serve.
- Access to Avantor's portfolio of products and services, including research & development, equipment & instrumentation, laboratory consumables, chemicals, clinical products, science education, and laboratory furniture solutions
- Tiered participation levels (basic, co-primary, primary)
- Improved product and category discounts under the new contract
- Tiered market basket and member-specific hotlist
- No fuel surcharge
- Access to Ward's Science and Sargent Welch Science Education and Healthcare specific lists
Ward’s Science
- Aggressive discounts on science supplies with free shipping on many items
- Premium quality hands-on products for every subject and grade level
- One-on-one support from in-house scientists and educators
- Resources and services to save time and drive efficiencies
- Preapproved E&I pricing eliminates the need for comparison shopping
- Access supplies you’re looking for at a price and quantity that meets your school’s needs
- K-12 annual eCommerce (B2B) rebate on sales made through an eCommerce platform
- K-12 specific market basket to demonstrate district savings
Sargent Welch
- Aggressive discounts on science supplies with free shipping on many items
- Everything for your science lab at prices that meet your budget
- Save time with online shopping tools
- Preapproved E&I pricing eliminates the need for comparison shopping
- K-12 annual eCommerce (B2B) rebate on sales made through an eCommerce platform
- K-12 specific market basket to demonstrate district savings
- Hands-on lab kits for distance learning
Civic Initiatives
Civic Initiatives provides consulting services that focus on procurement assessment and transformation support. Through this contract, E&I members get the support and guidance to help accelerate efforts to transform and manage procurement and information technology functions.
- Certified consultants with extensive public procurement experience
- Comprehensive list of services available
- Preset hourly rates
- Competitively solicited contract
Kennedy & Company
Established in 2013, Kennedy & Company is a privately owned consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. with international reach. With an exclusive focus on higher education, Kennedy & Company offers more than just strategic consulting, also supporting technical projects such as CRM implementation. Kennedy & Company is committed to continuous improvement, developing the expertise of their team and growth of their services to support the ever-evolving needs of colleges and universities.
- Strategic planning
- Academic portfolio strategy
- Enrollment strategy
- Organizational and operational transformation
- Financial stability
- Student success and retention strategy
- CRM implementation