Foundation for California Community Colleges Administrative Services Agreement Award
June 24, 2010
ABC School Equipment, Inc. and Platinum Visual Systems are pleased to announce that they have been awarded the Foundation for California Community Colleges (Foundation) Administrative Services Agreement for visual display products. ABC School Equipment will now be the sole provider for visual display systems for the 112 California Community Colleges which utilize the Foundation Agreements.
The Foundation assists colleges and universities, and their K-12 partner schools build, create and operate more effectively through programs and services that drive excellence, while savings millions of dollars annually. The Foundation programs reach all 112 California Community Colleges and 72 Community College Districts. With California State’s budget condition, community colleges/districts are faced with increasing pressure to achieve the highest value for every dollar spent, in an attempt to do more with less.
As part of the Foundation Contract, there is a Piggyback Clause, which allows other K-12 districts and community colleges or districts, any public corporation or agency, including any county, city, town or public corporation or agency within the State of California, to purchase and identical item(s) at the same negotiated price and upon the same terms and conditions, pursuant to section 20118 (K-12) and 20652 (community Colleges) of the Public Contract Code.
During the Request for Proposals stage, the Foundation outlined very specific quality and performance requirements that all visual display products were required to be in compliance with. The Foundation Contract contains mandatory performance and service specifications which ABC exceeded. Strict consideration was given to the long-term value for all visual display products, the ability to provide field verification and
installation throughout the State, and an efficient company structure to address the requirements for a “Life of Building” warranty. ABC School Equipment was able to meet all of the Foundation requirements based on their standard level of product quality and service, and their outstanding team of certified installers.
As part of the Foundation Contract, ACB School Equipment will donate a percentage of each sale back to the Foundation, to be applied to the Bernard Osher Scholarship Fund, a scholarship fund that will be available to the 112 California Community Colleges. The owner of ABC School Equipment, Gary Stell, Jr. stated, “I started my college education at a California community college, and so an opportunity to give back to where my secondary education started is very exciting and rewarding to me”.
For additional information about the Foundation go to: www.foundationccc.org
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