Resources

A purchase order under this contract buys hours at a published ceiling. What most buyers want is a document. Nothing in the award converts one into the other, so the order has to.

Twelve months on, somebody who did not authorize the engagement will ask what it achieved. What to decide before the order is issued so that question has an answer.

The ADA title II web rule reaches content a vendor builds and hosts for you, and the obligation stays with your organization. What to require, of whom, and what evidence to accept.

Use the cooperative contract when the competition already run covers the work and your rules permit it. Run your own solicitation when either is untrue. How to tell, and what to record.

Colocation is renting space, power and cooling for equipment that stays yours. What it includes, what it is not, and the four situations where a public agency genuinely needs it.

Every workload sits on-premise, in a rack you rent, on a leased server or in public cloud. How a public agency decides which, and what the decision should leave behind.

A hosting purchase is a purchase of a place, and the equipment has to get there. What to settle before you ask for a quote, what belongs in the requirement, and how the move works.

Published monthly ceilings for dedicated hosting and colocation under TIPS Contract 260302, what actually drives the number, and how to build a budget that survives a finance office.

Buying data center space means evaluating a building, not just a supplier. What to ask about the facility, power, the uptime figure, access and connectivity, and what to compare.

A contracted percentage below the manufacturer catalog, not a fixed price. What that guarantees, what it does not, and the four checks that turn a quote into a documented price analysis.