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The California Department of General Services’ (DGS) Procurement Division has announced the award of new mandatory state contracts for departments and agencies seeking to purchase tablets and “2-in-1 devices,” which are convertible laptops and detachable tablets.
DGS announced the contract awards Wednesday. They had a start date of Aug. 1.
Under the awards, the tablets and 2-in-1 devices specified in DGS’ Broadcast Bulletin “are mandatory for use by all state of California departments except when the Small Business/Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (SB/DVBE) Off-Ramp provision is utilized.” The bulletin notes that the contracts are considered Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP), or “green” contracts.
Following are the contracts, the original equipment manufacturers and the contractors:
DGS announced the contract awards Wednesday. They had a start date of Aug. 1.
Under the awards, the tablets and 2-in-1 devices specified in DGS’ Broadcast Bulletin “are mandatory for use by all state of California departments except when the Small Business/Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (SB/DVBE) Off-Ramp provision is utilized.” The bulletin notes that the contracts are considered Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP), or “green” contracts.
Following are the contracts, the original equipment manufacturers and the contractors:
- 1-21-70-08A: Microsoft; Natix Inc.
- 1-21-70-08B: Dell; Granite Data Solutions
- 1-21-70-08C: HP; NWN Corp.
- 1-21-70-08D: Getac; NWN Corp.
- 1-21-70-08E: Samsung; Zones LLC
- 1-21-70-08F: Lenovo; Zones LLC
- 1-21-70-08G: Apple; Natix
- 1-21-70-08H: Panasonic; CDW·G
- 1-21-70-08I: Zebra Technologies; Vantage ID
