Omnia Partners Cooperative Agreement

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Information Technology Solutions & Services 
Executive Summary 
 
Lead Agency: City of Mesa, AZ 
Solicitation:  # 2018011 
RFP Issued: September 20, 2017 
Pre-Proposal Date: October 3, 2017 
Response Due Date: October 23, 2017 
Proposals Received: 11 
 
Awarded to:   
 
 
The City of Mesa, AZ Department of Procurement issued RFP # 201811 on September 20, 2017, to establish a 
national cooperative contract for information technology solutions and services. 
 
The solicitation included cooperative purchasing language in the SCOPE of WORK, # 2 “NATIONAL CONTRACT 
REQUIREMENTS: 
 
NATIONAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.  The City, as the Principal Procurement Agency, as defined in Attachment 
D, has partnered with the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance Company (“National IPA”) to make the 
resultant contract (also known as the “Master Agreement” in materials distributed by National IPA) from this 
solicitation available to other public agencies nationally, including state and local governmental entities, public 
and private primary, secondary and higher education entities, non-profit entities, and agencies for the public 
benefit (“Public Agencies”), through National IPA’s cooperative purchasing program. The City of Mesa is acting as 
the contracting agency for any other Public Agency that elects to utilize the resulting Master Agreement.  Use of 
the Master Agreement by any Public Agency is preceded by their registration with National IPA as a Participating 
Public Agency in National IPA’s cooperative purchasing program.  Attachment D contains additional information 
on National IPA and the cooperative purchasing agreement. 
Notice of the solicitation was sent to potential offerors, as well as advertised in the following: 
 
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City of Mesa website  
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National IPA website 
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USA Today, nationwide 
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Arizona Business Gazette, AZ 
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San Bernardino Sun, CA 
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Honolulu Star-Advertiser, HI 
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The Advocate – New Orleans, LA  
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New Jersey Herald, NJ  
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Las Vegas Journal Review, LV 
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Times Union, NY 
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Daily Journal of Commerce, OR 
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The State, SC 
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Deseret News, UT 
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Richmond Times, VA 
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Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, WA 
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Helena Independent Record, MT

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On September 20, 2017 proposals were received from the following offerors: 
 
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CDW-G 
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Cloudvara 
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Connection Public Sector Solutions 
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Hye Tech Networks 
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Hypertech Direct 
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Office Depot 
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PCMG 
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POP, Inc. 
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SHI International 
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World Wide Technology, Inc. 
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Zones
 
The proposals were evaluated by an evaluation committee.  Using the evaluation criteria established in the RFP, 
the committee elected to enter into negotiations with SHI International and proceeding with contract award 
upon successful completion of negotiations.  
 
The City of Mesa, AZ, National IPA and SHI International Corp. successfully negotiated a contract and the City of 
Mesa executed the agreement with a contract effective date of March 1, 2018. 
 
Contract includes:  
 
 
 
A wide variety of technology solutions broken down by category including but not limited to systems, 
 
input/output devices, memory, storage devices, network equipment, software, media supplies, 
 
collaboration &  IP telephony, and other related  products & services. 
 
 
SHI is a 100% minority owned company and a Corporate Plus member of the National Minority Supplier 
 
Development Council (NMSDC).  Certified by the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier 
 
Development Council (NY/NJ MSDC) and recognized by the 22 other regional affiliates of the NMSDC.  
Term:   
Initial five- year agreement from March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2023 with the option to renew for 
two (2) additional one-year periods through February 28, 2025 
 
Pricing/Discount: 
 
 
 SHI offers a discount percentage based on SHI Advertised Price list by category. Refer to pricing 
 
document for complete details.  In many cases, SHI Advertised List Price already reflects a substantial 
 
discount off Manufacturer Published List prices.  Given the breadth of manufacturers and products that 
 
SHI offers, there will be many opportunities for SHI to secure additional discounts for eligible contract 
 
users.  
 
 
 
 
National IPA Web Landing Pages: 
 
 
www.nationalipa.org/Vendors/Pages/SHI.aspx