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STAYING IN TOUCH

THE WAVE NEWSLETTER

August-September 2021

A few words from

Nancy McIntyre

As the summer draws to a close, I would like to reflect on the past several months.

After a lengthy period of teleworking, it was a pleasure to welcome our staff back onsite full time this June.

Throughout the summer months, we experienced hands-on OSP buyer training, while hosting virtual OSP vendor bidder support training sessions every Wednesday.

Please be assured that the Purchasing team remains committed to our agency partners as we continue to move forward in the OSP deployment while managing daily procurement work flows, amid the pandemic.

Stay healthy and well,

Nancy

OSP Spotlight

The OSP Contract Board provides features and terminology that are new to us. For example, you will see the awards for Open Enrollment Master Price Agreements (acronym "OE MPA") on the OSP Contract Board. The OE MPA solicitations are posted to the OSP Bid Board. OE MPAs allow quarterly vendor bid responses to the OSP Bid Board. Each quarter, the buyer reviews the bid submissions, and may award contracts. OE MPAs allow vendors who have not already been awarded a contract, or were disqualified during review, to submit a bid for review during Open Enrollment.

What is your seasonal equipment condition after summer 2021? Is maintenance or replacement needed?

Three of the following MPAs are issued under cooperative agreements with NASPO VALUEPOINT, a cooperative purchasing organization that allows governmental entities in any state to participate in their awards.

MPA 506 is an RI Purchases-awarded bid that provides a qualified list of vendors to provide equipment, preventative maintenance, general maintenance, inspection, and repair services for landscaping, snow removal and other maintenance equipment. There are multiple vendors awarded contracts under this MPA. NOTE: There is a $50K threshold for any specific project. Click HERE to view this MPA on the OSP Contract Board.

MPA 582 provides ground maintenance equipment for tractors, tractor-towed PTO-driven equipment, off-road utility vehicles and self-propelled mowers. The vendor is Deere & Company. NOTE: There is a $50K threshold for any specific purchase. Click HERE to view this MPA on the OSP Contract Board

MPA 590 provides ground maintenance equipment for heavy duty and compact tractors, medium duty wide coverage and zero turn self-propelled riding mowers, and off-road utility vehicles. The vendor is Clark Equipment/dba Bobcat Company. NOTE: There is a $50K threshold for any specific purchase. Click HERE to view this MPA on the OSP Contract Board.

MPA 597 provides construction equipment. The vendor is Clark Equipment/dba Bobcat Company. NOTE: There is a $75K threshold for any specific purchase. Click HERE to view this MPA on the OSP Contract Board.

Emergency Preparedness and Response - MPA Listing

We recently emailed a communication informing agencies that the Emergency Preparedness and Response MPA Listing was updated and available on our website. While all MPAs, including awarded vendors, are included in the Excel document, they are sorted by contract title/column b, with column a reporting the MPAs that are considered Emergency-Related. Note that the document can be filtered/sorted by the various column headings. The link to view and download the listing is HERE.

A Determination Graphic with FAQs was emailed to agencies to help determine where New Vendors register: OSP or RIFANS.

Click HERE to get the Guide and FAQs

Click HERE to visit our website