Federal Surplus Property Program
Equipment at a Fraction of the Cost of Buying New
The Federal Surplus Property Program allows eligible organizations to obtain property that the federal government no longer needs and at a significantly reduced cost.
Eligible organizations include state and public agencies,
nonprofit educational and public health entities (including programs for the
homeless and impoverished), nonprofit and public programs for the elderly,
public airports, and educational organizations of special interest to the armed
services.
All eligible organizations must have an approved application on file before obtaining property from the program.
SBOP administers the program and all equipment obtained through the program is transferred direct to the customer. SBOP assesses a service fee of 5% of the original acquisition cost of the item for program operations. In addition to paying the service fee, customers are responsible for any costs associated with transporting the item from the holding facility.
In the last six months, SBOP has helped obtain boats, trucks and fire-fighting equipment for local police and fire departments, snow plow blades, compressors and construction equipment for county highway departments, and equipment, tools and electronics for schools and universities.
All equipment is available to view online at http://gsaxcess.gov using access code (4757ZA) and password (WISASP). If you find something you are interested in, contact us at wifederal@wisconsin.gov with the Item Control Number.
Please contact Nadine Malm, Contract Specialist, at (608) 266-5462 with questions related to obtaining property through the program. Please contact Cheryl Edgington, Enterprise Sourcing Section Chief, at (608) 266-1060 with questions related to eligibility. You can also direct any questions to wifederal@wisconsin.gov which is monitored by Nadine and Cheryl.
Contract Spotlight
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Services. Contract
505ENT-M13-EAPSERVICE-01
for Employee Assistance Services will expire on February 28, 2017. The third and final renewal of the contract term has been signed and will run March 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018. A new RFP is scheduled to be released in summer of 2017. If your agency is interested in serving on the standards committee or evaluation committee for this procurement, please contact Cathy Neidner, Procurement Specialist Senior at (608) 266-3620.
Language Translation/Interpretation Services. Many agencies currently piggyback on Department
of Children and Families contract 437001-M15-CFD0407-R01-00
for Language Translation and
Interpretation Services. The current contract term will run through October 31, 2018. The plan is to have an enterprise wide contract in place and commencing on November 1, 2018. Work on the RFP has begun. If your agency is interested in serving on the standards committee or evaluation committee for this procurement, please contact Cathy Neidner, Procurement Specialist Senior at (608) 266-3620.
Computer Equipment and Related Services. Contract 505ENT-M17-WICOMPUTER-00 runs through November 11, 2019
with one two-year contract renewal available. A big thank you to
everyone who offered their time and expertise in serving on the RFB
development team. Seven awards were issued with manufacturers for Ace, Dell, HP
Inc., and Lenovo. Three certified MBE vendors received awards on the contract. We have
benchmarked the standardized configuration models on this contract against the
optional NASPO Computer Equipment, Peripherals, and Related Services contract
to ensure competitive pricing. Note that users of the contract may compare
quoted pricing and negotiate even lower pricing or higher discounts when there
is a larger volume being purchased. The contract also offers a discount off list for
accessories and computer models that are not one of the standard
configurations. As a convenience, value-add services such as asset tracking,
software installation, and deployment are available. The contract is available
for use by all state agencies, campuses and municipalities. WISBuy is in the
process of enabling many of these vendors. We hope to complete the enablement
process by early spring. This will give the ability to easily compare between
this contract and the NASPO Contract. If you have any questions,
please contact Brenda Derge, Procurement Specialist Senior at
(608) 266-8613.
 WISBuy
Did
you know? Cart Records
WISBuy keeps all cart and orders accessible to end-users through the
shop tab at the top left within WISBuy. This tab allows you to not only access previously submitted orders for
the past 90 days, but also draft carts not yet completed. Draft carts are available for 30 days from
the date they are created. Simply click
on the shopping cart tab and choose the appropriate option. This is meant to make re-ordering products
and completing orders easy and efficient. If you have shopping questions, please contact Ann Hommer at (608) 261-7014.
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2017-19 Biennial Budget
Initiatives
The
Governor’s 2017-19 Executive Budget recommends modifying provisions related to
the procurement of goods and services to: (a) increase the statutory threshold
required for official sealed bids and proposals from $50,000 to $100,000; (b)
increase the statutory threshold for which the Governor must approve a waiver
to general bidding requirements from $25,000 to $150,000; and (c) require that
waivers between $25,000 and $150,000 be signed by the DOA Secretary.
These
proposals provide more streamlined administrative processes that will continue to promote
competition, expand simplified bidding opportunities for Wisconsin and diverse businesses, maintain accountability and allow agencies to focus on
more complex and strategic procurements.
If you have questions related to this budget proposal,
please contact Rick Hughes,
State Procurement Director, at (608) 266-1558.
Staffing News
Jeannie
McCarville recently joined the State Bureau of Procurement (SBOP) in the
Enterprise Sourcing section as a Procurement Specialist. Jeannie spent the last
three years working on the STAR procurement team where she provided technical
assistance and training to end users. Prior to joining STAR, Jeannie worked as
a purchasing agent at DNR conducting procurements for various goods and
services and providing assistance and training to agency personnel. In her new
role with SBOP, Jeannie will be managing contracts and solicitations for
commodities and services including hazardous waste, solid waste disposal services,
fuel and lamp/ballast recycling. You may contact Jeannie at (608) 264-9590.
Jodi Kitts recently joined the Wisconsin Supplier
Diversity Program as an Equal Opportunity Specialist. She comes to us from the
Wisconsin Elections Commission where she worked on “WisVote,” the statewide
voter management system. There are more than 133,000 woman-owned businesses in Wisconsin, and Jodi will focus on growing the number of those companies certified as Woman Business Enterprises (WBEs). As someone who grew up in her family’s
small business, Jodi is enthusiastic to support many woman owned businesses in
our state that seek opportunities in the public and private sectors. The
Division is pleased to have her as a member of the team and look forward to
her contributing to the growth and development of the Supplier Diversity
Program. Jodi
can be reached at (608) 267-0297.
Jessica Vieira recently joined the KIT section team as a Training and Outreach
Coordinator. Jessica has been a
certified trainer in California and responsible for developing and
providing a wide array of training to staff, clients and the community. Jessica will help analyze our current SBOP
training programs and play a role in modifying our procurement training to
ensure we are teaching the skills necessary for all learners to be successful
in their daily jobs. In addition,
Jessica will play a role in promotion and outreach of WISBuy, VendorNet,
publishing the monthly SBOP newsletter, creating standardized forms and
templates and other projects. You may contact Jessica at (608) 266-5452.
Hallee Kox
recently joined the Consolidated Agency Purchasing Services (CAPS) as Purchasing Associate for DOA and the CAPS supported agencies.
Hallee provides support in all areas of procurement:
maintaining RFB/RFP/RPA records, tracking procurement workloads, approving requisition/PO
change orders, and supporting the general office functions. She comes to us from DOT where she worked with statutory and
program requirements as a transportation customer service representative. We look forward to her
customer service skills providing the CAPS support agencies with excellent
assistance. Hallee can be reached
at (608) 264-9591.
Contact Us
The State Bureau of Procurement manages
statewide contracts for goods and services commonly used by agencies and UW
campuses that create savings and improve efficiencies for the
enterprise. Contact the following managers for enterprise
procurement questions or concerns:
Rick Hughes, State Procurement Director, (608) 266-1558
Cheryl Edgington, Enterprise Sourcing Section Chief, (608)
266-1060
Mike Marean, KIT Section Chief, (608) 267-2715
Sara Redford, Enterprise IT Sourcing Section Chief, (608)
267-2706
Steve Slawny, CAPS Section Chief, (608) 266-3209
Websites
State
Bureau of Procurement Contains all newsletter editions
VendorNet
WISBuy
Location
Administration Building, 101 E. Wilson Street,
6th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin
General Telephone
(608) 266-2605
Fax
(608) 267-0600
Your feedback on State Bureau of Procurement
News is welcomed. Please send comments and ideas for future topics to Mike Marean,
KIT Section Chief, (608) 266-2715.
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