Notice to Vendors Sealed solicitations will be received

Notice to Vendors

Sealed solicitations will be received by the Association of Educational Purchasing Agencies (AEPA) on behalf of its 29 State Member Agencies until:

All responses shall be submitted online via Public Purchase by the due date and time listed above. AEPA documents can be downloaded at no cost after registering on Public Purchase at www.publicpurchase.com. All responses shall remain electronically sealed until such solicitations are publicly opened as set forth below. Note that Vendors must be able to provide their proposed products and services in up to 29 states, including Pennsylvania. Please note that the AEPA member in Pennsylvania is the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit d/b/a Keystone Purchasing Network (KPN), which also serves the neighboring states of Delaware, Maryland, New York, and the District of Columbia. The contact for KPN is Mark Carollo, who may be contacted at mcarollo@csiu.org. Solicitations will be publicly opened after 1:30 p.m. ET on September 14, 2021, at Lakes Country Service Cooperative, 1001 E Mt. Faith, Fergus Falls, MN 56537. AEPA and/or the respective Member Agencies reserve the right to reject any or all bids in whole or in part; to waive any formalities or irregularities in any bids, and to accept the bids, which in its discretion, within state law, are for the best interest of any of the AEPA Member Agencies and/or their Participating Entities. An opening record will be posted to AEPACOOP.org.

For information on how to address all questions regarding this Invitation for Bid (IFB), reference Part A, Section II.B Questions of the bid documents.