Smarter Purchasing for Higher Education
Reduce operational costs, strengthen procurement efficiency, and support campus-wide excellence — all with no membership fees or purchasing requirements.
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Higher education institutions face growing financial pressures. Rising operating costs, evolving technology needs, aging facilities, and increased expectations from students and faculty all place new demands on college and university budgets. Meanwhile, procurement teams must manage competitive bid processes, supplier relationships, compliance requirements, and spending oversight across multiple departments and campuses.
Buygility helps institutions meet these challenges through Premier REACH™, a powerful group purchasing program that aggregates member buying power to secure competitive contracts, streamline procurement, and reduce administrative burden.
With Buygility and Premier REACH, colleges and universities gain access to enterprise-level purchasing power, campus-wide savings, and modern tools that help stretch budgets further — so institutions can continue investing where it matters most: academics, research, facilities, athletics, and student success.
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Comprehensive Savings for Colleges & Universities
Buygility’s Higher Education Program, powered by Premier REACH, delivers pre-negotiated contracts that support the diverse needs of modern campuses — from academic buildings and labs to dining programs, dorms, faculty offices, and student services.
Foodservice & Campus Dining
Dining halls, cafés, catering programs, and event operations benefit from savings on proteins, beverages, juices, produce, pantry staples, and green/sustainable options. Premier REACH contracts connect institutions with top-quality manufacturers, ensuring consistent supply and competitive pricing for campus dining operations of all sizes.
Custodial & Facilities Cleaning
A clean, healthy environment is essential for student learning and campus life. Access discounted pricing on disinfectants, surface-cleaning supplies, floor care solutions, paper goods, can liners, and sanitation products. These contracts help facilities teams maintain classrooms, labs, dining areas, dormitories, libraries, athletics complexes, and administrative spaces efficiently and affordably.
Facilities (Maintenance, Repair & Operations)
Large campuses rely on administrative departments across academics, student services, finance, development, HR, and more. Buygility offers savings on office furniture, printers, paper, toner, pens, folders, mailing supplies, copiers, and general business essentials — empowering campus staff to work efficiently while reducing overhead.
Facilities (Maintenance, Repair & Operations)
Higher education institutions must maintain vast and diverse physical environments. Premier REACH contracts offer cost savings on HVAC equipment, plumbing supplies, lighting, flooring, tools, electrical components, building materials, groundskeeping equipment, and MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operations). These resources support campus sustainability, safety, and long-term infrastructure planning.
Administrative & Human Resources Services
Colleges and universities depend on a large, diverse workforce. Access savings on background checks, employee training, staffing services, transportation, satisfaction surveys, marketing tools, and employee recognition programs. These contracts simplify HR and administrative processes across departments.
IT & Telecommunications
Technology powers modern learning environments and administrative systems. Buygility provides access to discounted pricing on PCs, monitors, printers, copiers, networking equipment, telecom services, wireless carriers, cybersecurity tools, and cloud solutions. These contracts support everything from digital classrooms and research labs to campus communications and administrative platforms.
Premier’s Comprehensive Higher Education Purchasing Portfolio
When your college or university partners with Buygility, you gain more than access to competitive pricing — you gain a strategic procurement partner dedicated to supporting academic excellence, operational efficiency, and financial sustainability. As a Channel Partner of Premier, Buygility connects higher education institutions to a powerful national alliance that delivers enterprise-level purchasing leverage, contract expertise, and responsive support. Every benefit is designed to help colleges and universities optimize spend, simplify procurement, and focus resources on education, research, and student success.
Premier’s Comprehensive Higher Education Purchasing Portfolio
Buygility provides colleges and universities with direct access to Premier’s extensive purchasing portfolio, one of the most comprehensive collections of supplier contracts available to higher education. With 3,000+ agreements covering foodservice, facilities, technology, research supplies, housing operations, athletics, healthcare services, and administrative functions, institutions gain access to pricing typically reserved for large enterprises.
This portfolio delivers consistent savings across campus operations — from classrooms and labs to residence halls, dining services, and administrative offices — without the time or expense of negotiating contracts independently.
Contract Activation & Lifecycle Management
Higher education procurement teams manage a wide range of purchasing needs across multiple departments and locations. Buygility simplifies procurement by managing contract activation, renewals, and pricing accuracy on your behalf. Our experienced contract specialists ensure correct pricing and contract benefits are applied consistently across your institution.
This proactive approach reduces administrative burden, supports compliance, and improves budget predictability — allowing procurement teams to focus on strategic initiatives rather than contract maintenance.
Dedicated Support for Campus Operations
Buygility members benefit from hands-on support from a knowledgeable customer care team experienced in higher education procurement. From onboarding through ongoing optimization, our specialists help identify savings opportunities, resolve supplier challenges, and align purchasing strategies with institutional goals.
Whether you manage a single campus or a multi-campus system, our team provides responsive, personalized support every step of the way.
Strategic Purchasing & Spend Optimization
Buygility goes beyond providing contracts by delivering strategic procurement expertise tailored to higher education environments. Our experts collaborate with leadership teams to analyze spending across departments, reduce vendor fragmentation, and identify opportunities for consolidated, campus-wide savings.
By leveraging Premier’s national benchmarking data, analytics, and best practices, we provide actionable insights that support financial stewardship, operational efficiency, and long-term planning.
Advanced Tools & Digital Resources
Buygility members gain access to advanced digital tools designed to streamline campus procurement workflows. Through Premier platforms such as SmartPO™, colleges and universities can manage purchasing, approvals, and invoicing across multiple suppliers within a centralized system.
Additional tools provide visibility into contract utilization, access to time-limited discounts on high-volume and capital purchases, and opportunities for aggregated savings — delivering transparency, efficiency, and control across campus operations.
Employee & Campus Community Perks
Buygility membership extends value beyond procurement. Through Premier’s Employee Discount Program (EDP), faculty, staff, and administrators gain access to exclusive personal savings from more than 20 national brands, including Office Depot, Staples, Sherwin Williams, and Hertz. And with a low monthly subscription rate to MyRxAccessPlus, you or your team can have affordable access to virtual primary care, mental health support, and generic medications.
These benefits help support employee satisfaction and retention while reinforcing your institution’s commitment to its campus community — at no additional cost to the employer.
Advanced Tools & Additional Resources
Buygility delivers more than great pricing. Through Premier REACH™, schools gain access to powerful platforms and resources that lighten administrative workloads and improve operational efficiency.
Supply Chain Advisor®
A web-based contract catalog for easy price activation, contract management, and procurement insights.
Group Buy & EXPRESSbuy™
Limited-time opportunities to secure deep discounts on high-demand products.
Operational Efficiency Tools
Resources to support budgeting, procurement, labor management, menu planning, and more.
Employee Discount Program (EDP)
Extend corporate savings to your staff for personal purchases from 20+ national brands, including Verizon, Staples, and Hertz.
Broad, Education-Focused Contract Portfolio
Covering most of your school’s supply and service needs through top vendors.
Beyond Savings - The Buygility Advantage for Higher Education
Buygility supports college and university procurement teams with tools and resources that enhance compliance, transparency, and operational efficiency across campus operations. Institutions benefit from Supply Chain Advisor®, a web-based contract catalog that simplifies price activation, contract insights, and supplier management, along with Group Buy and EXPRESSbuy™ opportunities that deliver deep, time-limited savings on high-value and campus-wide purchases. Membership also extends Premier’s Employee Discount Program to faculty and staff, provides cross-campus contract coverage supporting research, athletics, dining, housing, and administration, and includes strategic procurement tools that improve efficiency in labor management, purchasing planning, menu development, and more.
Why Colleges & Universities Choose Buygility
- No fees or membership commitments.
- Meaningful savings across all major categories of spend.
- Trusted national supplier network supporting diverse campus needs.
- Reduced procurement burden for overextended purchasing teams.
- Improved compliance and standardization across multi-site campuses.
- Greater financial flexibility for strategic academic and capital initiatives.
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Join the colleges, universities, community colleges, and technical schools nationwide that rely on Buygility and Premier REACH to reduce costs, streamline procurement, and keep campus resources strong.
Increase your purchasing power. Support academic excellence. Strengthen you institution’s financial resilience.
