Supplying A School

Now you can access a faster, easier, and worry-free way to procure top-quality K-12 school supplies cost-efficiently from around the globe. The new ISS Supply Marketplace is here!

Our comprehensive international supply and delivery program gives you incredible buying power, often saving 25%-50% off retail while avoiding common shipping and handling overcharges that can occur with individual ordering for school supplies and equipment. Plus, we make the global transportation, customs, and delivery process hassle-free for you. Best of all: you can now harness the full power of the ISS School Supply Team through a brand-new, convenient online shopping experience!

Introducing the ISS Supply Marketplace

The new ISS Supply Marketplace makes ordering supplies for your international school faster and easier than ever, allowing you to:

  • Build, save, and submit shopping carts
  • Enable teachers and staff to do comparison shopping across best-in-class vendors, with real-time information on price, inventory, and shipping
  • Automate school approvals and enjoy post-purchase consolidated invoicing – no upfront payment required!
  • Integrate with your school’s ERP or accounting software upon request

It’s all there in one convenient portal, ready to streamline your process and optimize your purchasing budget. 

 

ISS School Supply orders cover1,000,000+ transportation miles yearly


On average, we negotiate 25-50% savings off retail price


Our team navigates 100+ custom agencies on international schools' behalf

Enjoy a Comprehensive, Global Selection

Access the most popular vendors in international school supply directly from the new ISS Supply Marketplace. That means great prices and best-in-class options, all in one convenient place. Don’t see a particular item? That’s okay — just ask us. ISS’s vast network and purchasing experience with over 1,000 vendors around the world uniquely positions us to assist you with special orders too.

All of this means you can outfit your international schools with the tools for success: playground equipment, musical instruments, school and sports uniforms, and learning supplies, like science laboratory equipment, textbooks, art materials, laptops, tablets and other technology, and general classroom supplies.

We ship classroom supplies and equipment to the countries with the highest number of international schools like China, UAE, India, Pakistan, Spain, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Brazil, and Egypt. Thanks to our strong global infrastructure, we also ship high-quality, K-12 school supplies to smaller regions like Kazakhstan and Madagascar so they too, can get the best supplies delivered at the best prices. If you can name it in the world, we can help your school get its much-needed equipment and learning supplies.

New ISS Supply Marketplace

The new ISS Supply Marketplace is here, giving you and your staff a convenient way to streamline your entire international school supply purchasing process for international school supplies!

Get Meaningful Assistance From Supply Experts

Harness an entire global purchasing team to work behind the scenes and secure world-class supplies on your school’s behalf. The support of ISS Supply experts not only helps your staff dramatically reduce their purchasing and accounting workload, but also works to make the most of your purchasing budget. Through the whole process, you can count on hassle-free ordering, communication, and a safe delivery from around the globe, with confidence that your shipment will arrive safely, just as expected.

While the all-new online shopping experience is designed to make coordination at your school easier than ever, ISS remains committed to ongoing, personalized service. Your dedicated ISS account manager will be your school’s personal advocate, so you always have a personal connection for added support!

Stretch Your Budgets And Get It Delivered

As a nonprofit organization, ISS is all about helping the educational community and fostering world-class education. That’s why we give you detailed invoices, so you always know the exact vendor pricing. After all, procuring the right K-12 learning supplies at a discount is important! We pay the many, individual vendor invoices and deliver one itemized bill to you—significantly reducing your accounts payable burden, wire transfers, and currency conversions that your business office must manage. That means you get great discounts whether you are supplying a classroom of 10 or a student body of 2,500.

ISS staff carefully plan to consolidate your shipments for the fastest, most-economical delivery, navigating complex customs requirements and paperwork. ISS’s unique systems and personal attention allow you to track your orders, address vendor backorders, and follow up to ensure a complete and on-time delivery of your shipment.

Procure School Supplies At A Savings

Discover a wide range of popular and preferred products in the ISS Supply Marketplace, all negotiated with premier educational suppliers. You’ll find everything you need to equip your teachers and students for success every day in their classrooms and other learning spaces, with supply categories like:

  • Arts & Crafts
  • Audio & Video Equipment
  • Books/Classroom Library
  • Classroom Magazines
  • Classroom Supplies
  • Curriculum Resources
  • Early Childhood
  • Educational Technology
  • Furniture & Equipment
  • IB Classroom Textbooks & Resources
  • Math
  • eBooks
  • Language Arts
  • Library Books/Collections
  • Library Furniture & Supplies
  • Music & Performing Arts
  • Office Supplies
  • Physical Education & Athletics
  • School Nurse Supplies
  • Science
  • Textbooks
  • Plus Special Requests
We had such a difficult time ordering from the US before finding International School Services (ISS)!  As a school, we are so thankful that there’s a company out there that understands the unique challenges that international schools face. We’ve had a great experience so far with ISS. – Kari Hanlon, Kigali International Community School

We have been dealing with ISS for over two decades and are extremely happy with the quality of service. The ISS School Supply representative is always willing to go the extra mile to provide the required support; replies to [our] queries come in the shortest possible time. ISS has always sourced our requirements for the lowest possible rates and have passed on any benefits or additional discounts that may accrue from any order.
They have also striven to supply 100% of the order. [We] appreciate all that ISS does and happy to recommend to other schools that may want to do business with ISS. – V. Chandramouli, Purchase Manager, American International School Chennai, India

ISS has been, continues to be, and will always be a strategic and key partner for GWA. Not only we receive the best customer support but the logistical and financial impact on the school’s operations is very significant (time and cost savings). Our partnership with ISS is a key factor of success.– Brahim Amine, George Washington Academy

The ISS School Supply Team Provides Full Service to International Schools

  • Convenient, online ordering
  • Planning, coordination, and purchasing
  • Warehouse consolidation
  • Accounts payable and billing
  • Transportation and customs clearance assistance
  • Delivery!

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Harness the power of ISS School Supply — and the new ISS Supply Marketplace — to simplify your school’s supply process, save money, and equip your teachers and students with the high-quality resources they need to succeed every day.

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