Press Releases

E&I Cooperative Services (E&I) has honored the outstanding achievements of its business partners with the presentation of its annual Business Partner Awards. The awards were presented to business partners who—through their dedication to excellence, continuous improvement, and innovative practices—deliver world-class service to E&I’s members community.

E&I Cooperative Services returned more than $16 million to members in the form of rebates in 2016, and membership reached an all-time high of 4,100, according to a report disclosed at the Cooperative’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.

E&I Cooperative members can now take advantage of new competitively awarded contracts with Canteen, Chartwells and Levy Restaurants. Each of these companies are divisions of Compass Group - the world's largest foodservice company.

E&I is pleased to announce that it has joined National Cooperative Purchasing Partners (NCPP) as a founding member.

E&I Cooperative members can now take advantage of three competitively awarded contracts with Pitney Bowes, a global technology company crafting innovative products and solutions in the areas of customer information management, location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping and mailing, and global ecommerce. E&I’s Pitney Bowes contracts service three unique areas: mail...

Gilbane Building Company, a national leader in the construction of K-12 and higher education projects, has been awarded a Master Services Agreement (MSA) to provide program management/construction manager as agent services to Educational & Institutional Cooperative Services (E&I) members. Through this strategic partnership, E&I’s 4,000+ members will have a vehicle...

October is National Cooperative Month and E&I is celebrating - along with 40,000 other cooperative businesses serving more than 120 million people nationwide - by recognizing the many ways “Cooperatives Build” trust, stronger communities, more resilient economies, and a better world.

E&I members can take advantage of the following competitively awarded agreements recently added to the Cooperative’s athletics portfolio: Anthony Travel, The Aspire Group, FieldTurf, and Navigate Research. Each of these contracts has been designed to help campus athletic departments manage costs and/or enhance revenues.

E&I Cooperative Services returned more than 28 million dollars to members in the form of rebates in 2015, and approved another 3.5 million dollars to be returned in the form of patronage refunds, according to a report disclosed at the Cooperative’s Annual Stockholders’ Meeting.

E&I Cooperative Services’ member-driven competitive solicitation process has been reviewed and validated by the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) as being in compliance with generally accepted public procurement standards used by most public agencies across the United States.

Drexel University has selected the partnership of E&I Consulting Group and Rosslyn Analytics to deliver new spend analytics capabilities to help transform and financially strengthen the institution for the future.   “Procurement plays an increasingly vital role in the transformation of higher education business operations,” stated Stephen Mack, Associate Vice...

Medline Industries, Inc., a global medical supplies manufacturer and distributor, was recently awarded a five-year group purchasing agreement with E&I Cooperative Services, a not-for-profit sourcing cooperative that delivers expertise, solutions and services to higher education and related institutions. The contract is expected to deliver competitive pricing and significant savings on...