As appropriate, the Regent Institutions strive to identify and implement joint purchasing contracts, which provide the lowest competitive price consistent with Regent quality and service.

Joint Regent Contracts consolidate like commodities from the institutions into a single contract, minimizing individual institutions’ efforts while maximizing commodity volume to gain better prices which otherwise could not be achieved. Some contracts are available only to the universities while others are available to all Regent Institutions and other State of Iowa Agencies.