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As a result of a national competitive RFP, E&I has awarded Grainger a contract for MRO Catalog Products. Through our contract with E&I, Grainger can now offer a complete, competitively bid MRO contract to colleges, universities, prep schools, hospitals, medical research institutions and hospital purchasing organizations located throughout the United States.

• Contract purchasing opportunity that eliminates bidding
• Contract pricing on the full line of facilities maintenance products
• Same-day shipping
• 24/7 online ordering
• Local availability with over 400 branches nationwide
• Dedicated Grainger Government Team
• No minimum order limits
• Consistent and competitive pricing
• On-hand inventory reduction
• Prepaid fright on all standard orders

About E & I

Educational & Institutional Cooperative Service, Inc.
E&I is a not-for-profit buying cooperative established by members of the National Association of Educational Procurement (NAEP) to provide goods and services to members at the best possible value. The Cooperative is owned by its membership of more than 1600 colleges, universities, K-12, hospitals, medical research institutions and hospital purchasing organizations located throughout the United States. To learn more about E&I, visit www.eandi.org.

E&I, in collaboration with the purchasing community and NAEP, strives to be the primary conduit for inter-collegiate group purchasing activities by aggregating knowledge, spend and technology to lower costs for its Member Institutions and Business Partners.  NAEP and E&I have served a common membership of procurement professionals within educational institutions since 1934.

E&I and NAEP are determined to work together to reach a shared goal of serving the higher education purchasing community. Both organizations are making a conscious effort to reinforce a relationship that emerged decades ago, when a handful of visionary campus purchasing professionals recognized the value of communicating more effectively with their peers and, not long after, recognized the vast potential of cooperative purchasing

E&I and Grainger’s Competitively Awarded Contract Advantages Include:

• Competitively awarded maintenance, repair and operating supplies contract
• Contract purchasing that satisfies members procurement process
• Leverage national aggregated volume from membership
• Overall reduced total costs and improved services
• Same Day Shipping
• Local Availability
• Dedicated Grainger Team

In order to select the Grainger Contract, complete the following steps:

How to Participate in the Grainger E&I Contract-Current Grainger Customer

1. Join E&I and NAEP by completing the Application for Membership at www.eandi.org
2. Complete the Grainger E&I Contract Participation Form E&I/Grainger Customer Contract Application Form.

How To Participate in the Grainger E&I Contract-New Grainger Customer

1. Join E&I and NAEP by completing the Application for Membership at www.eandi.org
2. Register for a new Grainger Account.
3.Complete the Grainger E&I Contract Participation Form.

Services & Benefits

Take advantage of these Grainger services to help reduce costs, minimize vendors and improve efficiencies:

• Thousands of OEM repair parts
• One-stop purchasing
• No minimum order limits
• On-hand inventory reduction
• Broad assortment of facilities maintenance supplies
• 24/7 ordering on grainger.com
• No bidding – use your agreement for your facilities maintenance supplies
• MRO sourcing on millions of items

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