VHEPC

Founded in 2014, the Virginia Higher Education Procurement Consortium (VHEPC) leverages collective buying power to create efficiency and value for our member institutions. Guided by strategic sourcing principles and grounded in data analytics, we drive development of cooperative contracts and provide a forum for schools to share learnings and best practices. By design, we aim to facilitate opportunities for small-, minority-, woman-, and veteran-owned businesses in the procurement marketplace... Our membership includes 13 of Virginia's senior public higher education institutions, the Virginia Association of State College and University Purchasing Professionals (VASCUPP) Board of Directors, and the Virginia Community College System, which represents 23 schools across the state. While VHEPC and VASCUPP are separate organizations, we have a collaborative relationship that generates procurement advantages for the schools we dually support... Need a contract to do business, but lack..