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In the October/November 2011 issue of GoPro magazine, Arizona received accolades for its Statewide hosted eProcurement system.

According to the cover story titled, ProcureAZ Unifies Purchasing in Arizona, “ProcureAZ has created a true “one-stop-shop” for procurement in Arizona with implementation of a statewide gateway that has the potential to centralize public sector purchasing for all of Arizona. The state expects the new software system to generate between 5 and 20 percent in savings on the $6 billion state spend, with savings created at the state and local levels.”

Jean A. Clark, Arizona’s State Procurement Administrator said, “We are seeing the benefits at the state level, and interest is growing at the local level.”  Arizona paid for a statewide license of the BuySpeed eProcurement software, which is available via a hosted website and can be used by any local government in Arizona.

The system has helped Arizona achieve the following:

• More vendor competition (over 20,000 registered vendors)
• More small business participation
• Lower costs (30% cost reduction on the statewide office supply contract)
• More efficiency
• Decrease cycle times by about 50%
• Increase coop participation by 51%

 Over 550 local governments in Arizona currently access ProcureAZ to research state contract information.  Local governments are experiencing the benefits of leveraging ProcureAZ to buy off of state contracts.  Other local governments who may not otherwise have the funds to implement an eProcurement system are realizing the opportunity to employ ProcureAZ’s full eProcurement capabilities.

Do you want an e-Procurement system that hosts your catalogs online, but can’t figure out how much it is going to cost to implement?   E-Procurement pricing models can be confusing, leaving procurement reform on the back burner.  When it comes to online catalogs, pricing should be clear and all-inclusive.

Periscope’s e-Procurement pricing model is simple.  We load ALLof your contracts.  Whether an agency has 100 or 10,000 contracts, BuySpeed loads and hosts each contract at no additional cost. 

BuySpeed’s Contract/Catalog Management gives you the ability to:

• Budget with concrete numbers –no hidden fees
• Increase vendor competition –  post all contracts to catalog
• Practice vendor equality – no decisions around which vendors make the online cut
• Level the vendor playing field – drive business to local economies
• Increase efficiencies – search thousands of catalogs and purchase off contracts with the click of a mouse

Periscope is not a content management company posing as an e-Procurement solution.  We are leaders in public sector e-Procurement providing full catalog management as part of our solution.  We don’t expect our clients to tailor their contract offerings and business practices to fit our business model.  That is why Periscope developed its online contract and catalog business model to be tailored to meet our clients’ needs.

Periscope Holdings is proud to announce Evolve 2012.  Evolve is a premier industry conference gathering procurement professionals nationwide to collaborate on procurement obstacles and successes, discuss cutting edge trends, and explore the future of procurement. The time is now to become a leader in public sector procurement.  Come learn how you can Evolve and be a cut above the rest.

Evolve 2012 will take place in Austin, Texas, at the historic Driskill Hotel, April 10^th-11^th, 2012. 

Mark your calendars as this is an event you do not want to miss!  More information coming soon.

Periscope’s development team continually produces software improvements to make your life easier.  Upgrade to 9.5.0 to experience the benefits.  BuySpeed’s latest release includes many valued enhancements, a few include:

• NIGP 5-digit update support – when downloading code updates from nigp.com, the commodity code file updates in BuySpeed.  This automation streamlines coding processes.
• CAPTCHA support – adds a 2^nd layer of security to prevent automated attacks against the BuySpeed application.  CAPTCHA is a challenge-response test to ensure the response is generated by a person not a computer. 
• Solicitation and contract filtering – offers the capability to filter select solicitations and contracts for reasons required/acceptable by law – for example having the ability to filter contracts in relation to Homeland Security.

We’ll be hosting webinar sessions November 15^th and 16^th to introduce the new release and it’s enhancements in full.  For more information, contact bdevine@periscopeholdings.com.