Ways to Save
AIKCU members can save on a variety of higher education products and services
through collective purchasing power
AIKCU coordinates cost-saving agreements with businesses and vendors to save our members time and money on a wide range of products, services, and insurance products.
Thanks to the power of collaborative purchasing, AIKCU institutions, with their nearly 60,000 students, are able to harness the purchasing power of a large public institution.
Where possible and based on member suggestions, AIKCU pursues cooperative purchasing agreements to provide value to our collective membership that would not be available to them as individual institutions.
AIKCU Contact: Marc A. Mathews, CPA, Finance and Business Services Consultant | marc.mathews@aikcu.org
AIKCU Employee Health Insurance
Members can join a self-funded employee health insurance program through the AIKCU Benefit Alliance, a collaborative health insurance purchasing arrangement serving AIKCU campuses.
The Alliance operates under a jointly administered agreement, with Anthem Health Plans of Kentucky as the network provider and Point C as the plan administrator.
Members can join a self-funded employee health insurance program through the AIKCU Benefit Alliance, a collaborative health insurance purchasing arrangement serving AIKCU member campuses. The Benefit Alliance allows its aggregate membership to achieve significantly better pricing than individual members could achieve on their own.
In addition to health insurance, member institutions may use the Alliance for COBRA, dental, vision, FSA/HRA/HAS, and short-term disability plan administration.
The AIKCU Benefit Alliance became fully operational in 2007 with four participating campuses and about 500 employees. Today it serves nearly 3,000 employees at 11 AIKCU member institutions. While the Alliance never guarantees against rising healthcare costs, participants have seen significant savings.
AIKCU MEP Retirement Plan
Members can participate in the AIKCU MEP, a competitive multiple employer retirement plan. The AIKCU MEP launched in 2024, and three AIKCU institutions are currently in the plan.
A MEP allows employers to band together to take advantage of scale and efficiencies they cannot achieve on their own.
The program allows members to provide enhanced retirement plans for their new and existing employees, while benefiting from potential cost savings, less burdensome administration, standardized operations, and outsourced professional compliance.
The program is administered by four nationally recognized providers. PlanPILOT is the 3(38) investment fiduciary, Millennium is the registered investment adviser, Pentegra is the 3(16) administrative fiduciary, and TIAA is the plan recordkeeper.
AIKCU Service Agreements
AIKCU had independently entered into service agreements that let members save on library databases and technology.
LIBRARY DATABASES
American Chemical Society
Provided by AIKCU and ACS
Contact: AIKCU
ProQuest
Provided by AIKCU and ProQuest
Contact: AIKCU
TECHNOLOGY
Adobe Learning
Provided by AIKCU and ScholarBuy
Contact: scholarbuy.com
Cybersecurity Virtual Information Security Office
Provided by AIKCU and HESS through DeepSeas
Contact: Dan Maynard, dan.maynard@deepseas.com
Microsoft Licensing
Provided by AIKCU and ScholarBuy
Contact: scholarbuy.com
VMware Licensing
Provided by AIKCU and ScholarBuy
Contact: scholarbuy.com
AIKCU Collaborative Agreements
AIKCU offers a wide range of products and services in collaboration with The Coalition for College Cost Savings, E&I Cooperative Services, and The HESS Consortium.
The Coalition for College Cost Savings
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How to Access Savings
Contact: To learn more about a specific product or service, contact the vendor directly. For general questions about the AIKCU Service Agreements, contact Marc Mathews, AIKCU Finance and Business Services Consultant, marc.mathews@aikcu.org.
Athletics
Intercollegiate Sports Insurance
NIL Platform
Energy/Sustainability
Energy Sustainability Program
Facilities
Energy Sustainability Program
MRO & Construction Supplies
Project Financing
Finance
Business Travel & Loyalty Perks
Energy Sustainability Program
Financial Welfare
Hotel Revenue
Procure to Pay Automation
Project Financing
Property/Casualty/Cyber/Risk Management
Purchasing Card
Settlement Recovery Services
Health & Wellness
Caregiving Solutions
Financial Wellness
Student Health Insurance
Human Resources
Caregiving Solutions
Financial Wellness
Long-Term Care Insurance
Legal
Risk Management
Settlement Recovery Services
Technology/Telecom
Administrative Services and IT Collaboration
Consulting for Ellucian, Salesforce, and Slate
Cyber Defense
Cybersecurity Insurance
Device Management
Enterprise Systems Consulting and Selection
Executive Consulting for Strategic Technology
Use and Management
Hardware/Software/Peripherals
Identity and Access Management
IPv4 Brokerage Services
Learning Management Systems
Oracle CRM Implementation
Voice and Data Solutions
Travel
Corporate Travel and Loyalty Perks
Hotel Revenue
E&I Cooperative Services
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Access E&I contracts at a glance:
www.eandi.org/contract-navigator/contracts-at-a-glance/
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E&I is the only member-owned, nonprofit sourcing cooperative exclusively focused on serving the procurement needs of the education community.
The Brader Group
Network and data centers
D2L
Global learning
DeepSeas
Managed detection and response
Doctums
Consulting
Drivestream
ERP implementation support
Filewave
Device management, asset management,
and security
First American Educational Finance Financing
Fischer Identity
Identity and access management
Granite
Voice and data solutions
IMA Higher Education
Insurance
Insight
Computer hardware, software, and
peripherals
Moran Technology Consultants
Consulting
Paymerang
Invoice automation
SIG
Consulting
University of Kentucky Contracts
The University of Kentucky has provided the opportunity for AIKCU members to purchase off most UK contracts. AIKCU institutions may access the following databases to determine available UK commodities and vendors.
University of Kentucky: Commodities Contract List
Find commodities list here
University of Kentucky: Vendor Contract List
Find vendor list here
University of Kentucky: Office Supplies Contract
This especially lucrative UK contract (UK-2520-25) allows AIKCU members to purchase office supplies through ODP Business Solutions.
ODP Contact: Joe Beliveau, Joe.Beliveau@odpbusiness.com