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New Statewide Cellular Contracts - May 2009
VITA has awarded several new statewide contracts for cellular voice and data services. These contracts replace expiring statewide contracts and provide the Commonwealth expanded coverage, plans, features and service providers. Most existing contract users will have to take no action to retain their service. To see if your existing phone is affected, you can click here.
10% rate reductions for IT contractors or consultants - April 2009
On March 13, Chief of Staff Wayne Turnage requested that the Commonwealth’s IT service providers agree to a voluntary 10% rate reductions for all information technology contractors or consultants currently engaged with the Commonwealth. This reduction applies to current engagements, as well as new engagements for IT contractor or IT consultant services. If you have questions about rate reductions, please contact: ITTemporaryResources@vita.virginia.gov.
Agency instructions for the rate reduction
Year End Purchases
Purchases made through VITA to be included in an agency’s FY09 charges, must be processed, ordered and received (in eVA) no later than June 5th. Click here to learn more.
BearingPoint Bankruptcy and Restructuring Announcement - March 2009
BearingPoint announced Feb. 18 that it has filed for restructuring under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. VITA has posted a customer letter from BearingPoint and the company’s most recent 8k filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Agencies and public entities are advised to read these materials prior to making business decisions. As always, buyers are advised to obtain quotes from all Advanced Information Technology Resource suppliers prior to entering into a statement of work. If you have any questions regarding the company announcement from BearingPoint, please contact Don Parr, Managing Director, BearingPoint, at (804) 935-4804.
BearingPoint Bankruptcy and Restructing Announcement
VITA SCM News Flash - December 2008
Version 1.0 of the IT Procurement Manual: BUY IT is now available in .pdf format at this link:
http://www.vita.virginia.gov/scm/default.aspx?id=5522
We urge users to communicate how we can improve the manual, reduce ambiguities and include additional subject matter that may be of value. User feedback, corrections and further content will be incorporated into the next release. Please e-mail all questions, suggestions for improvements or comments to: SCMpolicy&compliance@vita.virginia.gov
Please continue to use the Policies linked on this page until Version 2.0 of the manual replaces them.
MPC/Gateway Computers - December 2008
VITA has been informed by our Gateway/MPC representative that as of December 29, 2008 all sales operations have ceased.
If users have an immediate need for parts they can contact one of the following companies to see if they can supply the item needed. Please note that these companies are not affiliated with MPC and users will have to pay these companies directly for the parts needed.
Please feel free to contact Greg Scearce at gregory.scearce@vita.virginia.gov if you have questions.
Guidance on using the services of Virginia Interactive
Public bodies must purchase Virginia Interactive services through VITA. Click here to learn more.
SWaM Success Story
Computer Aid, Incorporated (CAI) is recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Governor's small-, women- and minority-owned (SWaM) business initiative. CAI manages the Supplier Managed Staff Augmentation (SMSA) program for placement of IT staff augmentation resources for the Commonwealth. Since the inception of this program in 2006, sixty percent of the Commonwealth’s spend has directly been paid to SWAM businesses.
Read more about CAI's contributions
Did You Know...
Local Governments Take Advantage of VITA's Contracts.
The town of Leesburg is one of many local governments, state agencies, K-12 schools and institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth that has taken advantage of VITA's state contracts for HP and Cisco networking equipment. Details can be found in the September VITA Service Bulletin. See URL for complete details.
What is Supply Chain Management?
VITA's Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the Commonwealth of Virginia's Information Technology (IT) procurement and sourcing hub. If we were to overly simplify our mission, we would say we strive to consolidate and leverage the Commonwealth's buying power. And, if provided for in the solicitation or contract, all public bodies can utilize statewide contracts developed by VITA.
SCM's procurement professionals are committed to developing value-driven IT contracts that enable users of these contracts to benefit their organizations and the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Our services include:
- Consolidating and leveraging the Commonwealth's buying power;
- Announcing, awarding, and maintaining statewide contracts for the purchase of information technology and telecommunications goods and services;
- Providing sourcing expertise and contracting assistance for state agencies and institutions procuring IT and telecommunications goods and services; and
- Providing market analysis, supplier analysis and sourcing consulting for state agencies and institutions;
- Inviting, promoting, and sustaining increased access, participation, and partnerships with small, minority- and women-owned businesses.
Who can use our contracts?
All public bodies can utilize statewide contracts developed by VITA, if provided for in the solicitation or contract.
What are the benefits of using VITA IT contracts?
There are some very obvious advantages of using the VITA IT contracts.
- Your organization is able to get the best value for your purchases. And, as more and more organizations utilize these contracts, we are able to aggregate more and more demand. The result is we will be able to continually develop contracts with vendors that bring more value for you.
- Not having to bid your items will save valuable time and effort. All you have to do is order from the 300 IT and telecommunication contracts that are available for you.
- Use our database to research thousands of vendors if you are looking for something that is not on contract.
- Subscribe to our email service that routinely updates you as new contracts are made available for your use.
External Links
- eVA - Virginia's Total e-Procurement Solution
- DMBE - Virginia Department of Minority Business Enterprise
- NIGP - National Institute of Governmental Purchasing
- VAGP - Virginia Association of Governmental Purchasing
Contact SCM at:
You can mail SCM at:
Supply Chain Management
VITA
11751 Meadowville Lane
Chester, VA 23836You can call SCM at:
804-416-6317You can email SCM at:
scminfo@vita.virginia.govYou can email the SWaM businesses program at:
swam@vita.virginia.govYou can contact SCM staff using:
SCM staff contact info