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5 SECTION 1: SCOPE OF WORK | 2014_0122 <br /> <br />B. OBJECTIVE <br />The objectives of this RFP are to: <br /> Obtain greater volume-based price discounts for quantity one purchases by leveraging the purchasing power of <br />multiple states and their political subdivisions. <br /> Obtain competitive pricing for specific standard configurations through a Premium Saving Package (PSP) <br />program <br /> Reduce contracting costs for each participating state through a cooperative competitive procurement process <br />Proposers will provide an initial discount for a quantity of one unit. Proposers are to base discounts on the collective <br />volume of potential purchases by the numerous state and local government entities. The objective of the procurement is <br />to consolidate spend for participating entities to receive highly competitive pricing at the quantity one unit. In Calendar <br />Year 2012, there was approximately $2,249,935,555.39 of spend. Further bulk/quantity savings are obtained when <br />additional quantities are requested. Participating States and political subdivisions are encouraged to continually re- <br />compete and obtain quotes for further quantity discounts among the awarded vendors to obtain the lowest price. <br />The awarded Contract Vendors should realize significant savings by managing a single comprehensive Master <br />Agreement establishing common terms, conditions, pricing and administrative structure. <br /> <br />C. WSCA-NASPO BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br /> <br />Since 1993, the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) served as the primary cooperative purchasing arm of The <br />National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) and encouraged, fostered, and guided participating <br />members to work collaboratively in an effort to create true procurement cooperatives. <br /> <br />NASPO has formed a subsidiary entity, the WSCA-NASPO Cooperative Purchasing Organization (WSCA-NASPO), LLC <br />to manage its WSCA-NASPO national cooperative purchasing program. The LLC was formed in October of 2012 and <br />began operating officially on January 1, 2013. A 21-member Management Board has been appointed to oversee the <br />operations and activities of the new organization. <br /> <br />WSCA-NASPO represents a unified, nationally-focused cooperative purchasing program that will leverage the collective <br />expertise and experience of WSCA and NASPO, aggregate the demand of all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the <br />five organized territories, and their political subdivisions and other eligible entities, and help spur innovation and <br />competition in the marketplace. <br /> <br />D. PARTICIPATING STATES <br /> <br />Apart from the Lead State conducting the solicitation, the states listed below have signified their intent to participate in the <br />Master Agreement(s) resulting from this RFP. These States are considered Participating States for the purposes of this <br />solicitation and its resulting contracts(s). WSCA-NASPO experience has shown states that have participated in previous <br />WSCA-NASPO solicitations will continue to participate in subsequent solicitations. WSCA-NASPO is still in the process of <br />gathering Intent to Participates from the current participating states for this Solicitation and will be added through an <br />addendum process. Additional states may decide to participate during the course of this solicitation or after the Master <br />Agreements have been awarded. <br /> <br />Some State specific Terms and Conditions are provided in Section 6. These are for informational purposes only and <br />will be negotiated with individual States after award of the Master Agreement. All States reserve the right to add additional <br />terms and conditions to a participating addendums. <br />