NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization

The NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization (formerly WSCA-NASPO) provides the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative contracting. By leveraging the leadership and expertise of all states with the purchasing power of their public entities, NASPO ValuePoint delivers best value, reliable, competitively sourced contracts.

Since 1993 NASPO ValuePoint has been the cooperative purchasing arm of NASPO (the National Association of State Procurement Officials) encouraging, fostering and guiding the nation's most significant public contract cooperative. NASPO ValuePoint is a unified, nationally focused cooperative aggregating the demand of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the organized US territories, their political subdivisions and other eligible entities spurring best value, innovation and competition in the marketplace.

All authorized governmental entities in any state are welcome to use NASPO ValuePoint cooperative contracts with the approval of that state's State Chief Procurement Official. Cooperative purchasing benefits states as well as cities, counties, public schools, institutions of higher education and other eligible entities.

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Who can use NASPO ValuePoint contracts?

All governmental entities within a state are generally eligible to use NASPO ValuePoint contracts, if the governmental entity has the legal authority to use their home state's contracts. If you are not sure, check with either your home state's Chief Procurement Official or contact Susan Kahle, Acquisition Management Specialist, Email: Susan.kahle@state.mn.us.

Please check back in the near future for a list of Participating States under the Cisco NASPO ValuePoint Minnesota Computer Equipment Master Agreement contract.

Getting Started with NASPO ValuePoint - Requesting to Execute a Participating Addendum with Cisco

For NASPO ValuePoint Member States and Territories:

1. To request a Participating Addendum Template, please send email to NASPO ValuePoint CE Help

   For Political Subdivisions: If your State does not have a Participating Addendum with Cisco and does not plan to execute one, but your agency or entity wishes to use Cisco's NASPO ValuePoint Minnesota Computer Equipment Master Agreement please do the following:

2. Your Procurement Director must obtain prior written approval from your State's Chief Procurement Officer in order to participate under the terms of Cisco's NASPO ValuePoint Minnesota Computer Equipment Master Agreement. Ask that your State's Chief Procurement Officer forward the written approval to 1) Susan Kahle, Acquisition Management Specialist at Susan.kahle@state.mn.us.
3. NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Development Coordinator and ii) contact us at NASPO ValuePoint CE Help. Cisco will then review your request and will get back to you accordingly.

Please be advised that it is Cisco's preference to hold a Participating Addendum at the State level so that all eligible public sector entities within the State can use the procurement vehicle. However, Cisco will consider all requests by individual entities and respond accordingly.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST!

Contract Term:

Start Date: April 1, 2015

End Date: March 31, 2017

Renewals options: 36 Month Extension

Overview of Products, Services, and Peripherals Offered

Under the Band 4 - Servers category, Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of Server/Unified Computing System products, technical and advanced services, and related peripherals. Below is a summary of each of our offerings included in our proposal.

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Products

Cisco UCS and servers unified computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture. This unique architecture enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare metal and virtual environments. Included in our response are the following: UCS Servers, UCS Server and Systems Management, Fabric Interconnects and Fabric Extenders, Server I/O Adapters, Storage Accelerators and GPUs, Blade Servers for Routers, Rack, and Power Infrastructure. In addition, as Cisco adds additional server products to its portfolio, we are pleased to include those offerings as well.

Technical and Advanced Service Offerings

Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of Advanced Services, Technical Support/Maintenance Services. Depending on the service selected, they are purchased as a subscription, fixed price, or with a statement of work.

Related Peripherals

• Fibre Channel Switching, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and Related Services:
  Cisco Unified Fabric consolidates separate LAN, SAN, and server cluster network environments into a single unified network. Multi-hop FCoE support in Cisco storage networks lets you mix and match Fibre Channel and FCoE anywhere in a SAN with the same scalability and management tools regardless of the protocol mix.
• Security Products and Related Services:
  To provide customers with flexibility for securing their data center servers, Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of networking switches and related services as peripherals under the contract.
• Switching Products and Related Services:
  To provide customers with flexibility for integration into network infrastructure, Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of networking switches and related services as peripherals under the contract.
• Routing Products and Related Services:
  To provide customers with flexibility for integration into network infrastructure, Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of routers and related services as peripherals under the contract.
• Wireless Products and Related Services:
  To provide customers with flexibility for integration into network infrastructure, Cisco is pleased to offer its portfolio of wireless products and related services as peripherals under the contract.
• Third Party Products - Subject to WSCA NASPO Minnesota's approval, Cisco may from time to time provide approved third-party products as part of its solutions under the awarded category.

Please refer to your State's respective Participating Addendum to confirm the authorized product and services in scope for purchase.

Pricing and Discounts

Contract pricing is benchmarked to Cisco's current US Availability Global Price List as updated during the contract term. Minimum contract discounts off the Cisco US Availability Global Price List have been established for eligible purchasers. The minimum discounts offered by Cisco is firm for the contract term. However, additional incremental discounts may be offered during the term by Cisco Authorized Resellers in addition to the minimum, guaranteed discounts offered by Cisco.

Please refer to the Exhibit B for further details on minimum contract discounts.

Product Discount: 35%

Additional Discounts - Request a quote for discounts on bulk/volume purchases.

Additional, incremental discounts may be provided by Cisco's authorized partners at the transaction level based on a variety of factors such as volume, technology, deal/opportunity size and/or multi-year purchases (i.e. qualification for leasing arrangements).

Service Discount:

Other Cisco Technical/Maintenance Services Discount: 10%

Training/Learning Credits 0%

Partner Services: Basic installation, configuration, project management, staging/deployment and/or asset tagging (as applicable) are available through many of Cisco's authorized partners at Not-to-Exceed rates: Onsite $500/hour; Remote $425/hour. Call authorized partners for services available and quote.

Cisco Learning Credits: Available for purchase @ $100 per credit. Also, Cisco's authorized partners may provide customized training. Call authorized partners for quote.

General Consulting/Professional Services by Cisco (i.e. Advanced Services): Not-to-exceed rates as provided along with how to procure details as set forth in Tables 3 and 4 of Cisco's Cost Proposal which are posted on the contract vendor website. Call Cisco's authorized partners for quote - they will coordinate with Cisco Services on Statement of Work (SOW) and pricing.

Authorized Cisco Resellers (TBD)

Cisco has authorized certain Cisco qualified resellers to resell Cisco Products and Services under this buying vehicle. Prequalified resellers are authorized to directly take orders from authorized purchasers as well as invoice and receive payment under this contract.

Please check back in the near future to obtain contact information for the authorized resellers in your state.

For any questions or inquiries regarding the new NASPO ValuePoint contract, please send an email with the details below. For ordering instructions see individual state contract webpages.

1. Full Name
2. Company
3. Title
4. Email Address
5. Related Participating State(s) inquiry is referencing
6. Detailed inquiry/request