ON-L
INE MARKETPLACE FOR THE PURCHASES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES Executive Summary
Lead Agency: Prince William County Public Schools Solicitation: R-TC-17006 RFP Issued: September 14, 2016 Pre-Proposal Date: N/A
Response Due Date: October 14, 2016 Proposals Received: #12 A
warded to: Amazon Services, LLC, Contract #R-TC-17006
P
rince William County Public Schools Purchasing Office issued RFP #R-TC-17006 on September 14, 2016, to establish a national cooperative contract for an On-line Marketplace for the Purchases of Products and Services.
T
he solicitation included cooperative purchasing in Section 1. Purpose:
T
he Purpose and Intent of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to establish a cooperative contract, or contracts, for an On-line Marketplace for the purchase of the product categories in Section 4.1 for Prince William County Public Schools, Virginia, (herein referred to as “PWCS” or “Lead Public Agency”) on behalf of all states, local governments, school districts, and higher education institutions in the United States of America, and other governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations (herein “Participating Public Agencies) through sealed proposals from qualified sources to establish term contract, to include delivery, through competitive negotiations in accordance with the statement of needs, terms and conditions stated herein.
N
otice of the solicitation was sent to potential offerors, as well as advertised in the following:
• D
aily Journal of Commerce, OR
• Fauquier Times, VA
• The Honolulu Star, HI
• The Buy Line Blog-City Purchasing, Seattle.gov
• The New York State Contract Reporter, NYSCR.ny.gov
• ONVIA
• Merx.com
• U.S. Communities
• Prince William County Public Schools, VA
• Virginia’s e-Procurement Portal, eVA, dgs.virginia.gov • Washington’s Electronic Business Solutions
On Oct
ober 14, 2016 proposals were received from the following offerors:
• A
merican Product Distributors
• Complete Book & Media Supply
• Innoseal
• Hi-Touch
• Music and Arts
• LD Products
EXHIBIT 1
• World ERP
• Amazon Services, LLC/Amazon Business
• Essendent Co.
• Peripole, Inc. d.b.a. Peripole-Bergerault, Inc.
• Scull Studios, LLC
• Textbook Warehouse, LLC
Seven (7) proposals were deemed non-responsive, five (5) proposals were deemed responsive and evaluated by an evaluation committee. The five (5) responsive proposals are Amazon Services LLC/Amazon Business, Essendent, Peripole, Scull Studios and Textbook Warehouse. Using the evaluation criteria established in the RFP, the committee elected to award to Amazon Services, LLC /Amazon Business for an online marketplace.
Contract includes:
Amazon Business has everything you love about Amazon, tailored for the public sector, including state and local government agencies, public and private K-12 school districts and higher education organizations, and nonprofit businesses. Solution benefits include:
• Offers comparison shopping
• Tax Exemption Program
• Enable spending controls
• Approval workflows
• Level 3 transaction reporting
• Reporting and analytics
Term:
Initial five-year agreement from January 19, 2017 through January 18, 2022 with the option to renew for three (3) additional two (2) year periods through January 18, 2028.
Pricing/Discount:
The Prince William County Public Schools, VA awarded online marketplace makes it easy to compare prices and find the best deals. To begin, Amazon Business customers must be registered as participants of OMNIA Partners in order to use the contract. Please Register to Participate . There are no costs,
minimum quantity requirements or spend limits with OMNIA Partners or to create an Amazon Business account.
To get started, follow these steps:
Register for a FREE Amazon Business account by clicking here.
Already have an Amazon Business account and registered with OMNIA Partners? Please enroll to use the contract by completing the contract enrollment form below.
Complete the contract enrollment form by clicking here. Once you complete the form, an Amazon Business Customer Advisor will contact you within three business days to complete the registration process.
OMNIA Partners, Public Sector Landing Pages: https://www.omniapartners.com/publicsector/contracts/supplier- contracts/amazon-business