NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Contract

Procurement Assistance Support Services (PASS) and IT Research, Advisory, and Consulting Services (IT RAC) 

NASPO ValuePoint is a cooperative purchasing program facilitating public procurement solicitations and agreements using a lead-state model. This NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Contract may be used by state and local governments and state universities and colleges.

The State of North Carolina led the procurement process and made a competitive award to BerryDunn. The contract service categories are shown below.

To learn more, please contact our sales representatives at rfps@berrydunn.com or by calling 207.541.2200. For pricing details, please access our contract rates on the NASPO ValuePoint website.

Contract service categories:

Category 1: Procurement Assistance Support Services (PASS):

• Procurement strategy/Strategy plan
• Independent government cost estimate
• Specifications/Scope of work review
• Market research
• Cost and pricing analysis
• Solicitation review or preparation
• Source selection
• Cost realism analysis
• Contract development/Contract formation
• Contract management
• Vendor performance evaluation program

Category 2: IT Research, Advisory, and Consulting Services (IT RAC):
Information Technology Research, Consulting, and Advisory services, including, but not limited to, the following:

• Planning and establishing IT policies, procedures, and best practices
• Establishing and implementing IT governance
• Review of new and emerging Information Technologies
• Assistance with IT Procurement and acquisition decisions for IT hardware and software
• Software licensing and asset management
• Application/system development
• Data analytics, data management, and business intelligence
• Information security
• Strategic planning and enterprise architecture
• Evaluations of industry issues, products, and major trends in the marketplace
• IT benchmarking
• Digital transformation and Digital Government Services
• IT talent, recruiting, and retention
• TelCom, IP telephony, and call center solutions
• Disaster recovery and business continuity
• Cloud computing
• Mobile device strategy and management
• Emergency response and radio communications
• Enterprise CRM

Category: Value add/Support services
Listed below are examples of additional value add services BerryDunn may provide under the Master Agreement:

• Procurement policy and digital procurement transformation
• Category management
• Change management and procurement transformation assistance
• Procurement training
• Project management
• Grants assistance and management

Participating Addendum (PA) process 

State agency

1. State agency identifies a need for PASS and/or IT RAC services provided by BerryDunn and contacts their Chief Procurement Official (CPO).
2. State CPO (or designated representative) will be the signatory on the PA. They will also be the NASPO ValuePoint (ValuePoint) point of contact throughout the process. 
3. State CPO completes the draft PA and then forwards the draft to BerryDunn. Negotiations will be handled directly between state CPO and BerryDunn. Upon agreement, the state CPO sends a final copy of PA to BerryDunn for signature. 
4. State CPO sends fully executed copy to both BerryDunn and ValuePoint at info@valuepoint.org, and notifies the state agency that they can begin work with BerryDunn. 

Note: Political subdivisions and non-state entities (local entity) can now participate as well. 

Local entity

1. Local entity identifies a need for PASS and/or IT RAC services provided by BerryDunn, but the State CPO has not signed a PA. 
2. Local entity contacts ValuePoint Education and Outreach (E&O) team at info@valuepoint.org with information about the entity’s main point of contact: full name, phone number, email address, and physical address. 
3. E&O team will contact the State CPO to ask if they will sign a PA or if the local entity may sign their own PA. If CPO agrees to sign a PA, follow the State Agency process (step 3 above). 
4. Alternatively, if the CPO agrees to the local entity signing their own PA, the E&O team will email both BerryDunn and the local entity with permission from the CPO to complete the PA. 
5. Local entity completes the draft PA and then forwards the draft to BerryDunn. Negotiations will be handled directly between local entity and BerryDunn. Upon agreement, the local entity sends a final copy of PA to BerryDunn for signature. 
6. Local entity sends fully executed copy to both BerryDunn and ValuePoint at info@valuepoint.org. 

PA templates are available at naspovaluepoint.org.