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Simplify Procurement and Reduce Cost with NCPA
(National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance)
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COOPERATIVE PURCHASING WITH CLARKTEL AND NCPA
The National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA) assists public agencies to increase their efficiency and reduce their costs when procuring goods and services. This is accomplished by awarding competitively solicited contracts that are leveraged nationally by combining the volumes and purchasing power of entities nationwide. NCPA's contracts are available for use by any entity that must comply with procurement laws and regulations.
SIMPLY PROCUREMENT AND REDUCE COST
Clarktel and NEC offer cost-effective Advanced Cloud and On-Premise Communications Solutions through the NCPA cooperative purchasing contract 01-126. Leveraging a NCPA pre-negotiated contract, customers save money and time while ensuring compliance with federal, state and local procurement laws and guidelines.
WHAT DOES CLARKTEL AND NEC PROVIDE TO NCPA’s PORTFOLIO?
NCPA contract 01-126 includes the following NEC solutions and services:
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Business Telecommunications (On-Premise and Cloud-Based)
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NEC's Univerge Blue Connect (Cloud PBX)
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NEC's SV 9100/9300/9500 (Premise-based PBX)
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Unified Communications
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Remote Worker Enablement and Management (Video Collaboration, Conference Bridge, VoIP, File Sharing & Sync, and Voicemail)
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Call Center / Call Recording w/ A.I. Analytics, Transcription
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM NCPA's COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTACTS?
Across both the public and nonprofit sectors, there exists a vast network of more than 90,000 agencies nationwide who are eligible to take advantage of the cooperative purchasing contracts offered by NCPA. These types of agencies include, but aren't limited to:
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School Districts (Public K-12, Private K-12, Charter Schools, and More)
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Higher Education (Universities, Private Colleges, Community Colleges, Vocational Schools, Technical Schools, and More)
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Local Governments (Counties, Cities, Townships, and More)
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Federal Agencies
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Airports
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State Agencies
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Church and Religious Groups
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Healthcare Organizations
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Nonprofit Corporations
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Public Housing Authorities
NCPA’s PROCESS OVERVIEW
NCPA deploys cutting-edge procurement technologies and strategies, resulting in cooperative purchasing agreements that ensure all public entities are benefiting from first-rate products and services at the most cost-effective prices.
NCPA collaborates with a lead public agency to competitively solicit master contracts, which are primarily based on performance, quality, and most notably, cost. The process of establishing these contracts is as follows:
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On behalf of NCPA and all public agencies, the Lead Agency initiates a competitive solicitation for a product or service.
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The solicitation is nationally advertised for a period of at least 30 days.
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The solicitation includes provisions that permit the contract to be utilized nationwide by public agencies in states where laws allow intergovernmental contract use - also known as "piggybacking" or "adopting."
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Vendors submit sealed responses to the solicitation, which are documented and publicly unveiled.
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The Lead Agency assesses the responses based on the "Identified Evaluation Criteria" before awarding the contracts.