Insight Public Sector

Insight Public Sector simplifies IT procurement by providing the technologies, implementation skill and management expertise that your organization needs. Our competitively-solicited U.S. Communities contract assures you of Insight’s best overall government pricing on our broad portfolio of products and IT service solutions.

If you are seeking to equip, expand or upgrade your organization, we can help.

• Insight Public Sector has proudly served government IT contracts, as well as educational and public agency clients, for more than 17 years.
• We offer hardware and software from the world’s leading manufacturers, as well as advanced IT services and solutions.
• With Insight, your agency has access to dependable, cost-effective solutions for IT procurement – including planning, building and operating software, hardware and networking infrastructures.
• Insight also provides comprehensive lifecycle and IT management services.
• Our mission is simply: to help state, local and federal agencies, schools, public safety organizations and non-profits deliver on their mission, through the use of information technology.

Please contact Insight Public Sector to learn more about saving on IT procurement with the aggregated purchasing power of our U.S. Communities contract.

Community Solutions

Insight is proud to offer these and other solutions through our U.S. Communities Technology Services & Solutions contract. Please visit www.ips.insight.com/uscommunities or call us at 800.546.0578 for more information. Among our key solutions are:

• Agency & Organization level Mobility Assessments
• Manage Deployment of Mobile Assets to the Field
• Asset Service Management
• Expense Management
• Back office Integrations & Applications

• Unified Communication
• Collaboration
• Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
• Business Intelligence

• Evaluate, Implement, and Manage

• Network Assessment
• Network Strategy
• Network Infrastructure Design
• Network Deployment
• Remote Network Management

• Strategy & Assessment
• Design & Implementation across multiple technology domains:

 - Servers
 - Storage
 - Virtualization
 - Network
 - Management

• Assessment & Planning
• Transition management
• Optimum Solutions for your environment

• Assessment, Planning & Design
• Efficiency optimization
• Security maintenance

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Using Insight and U.S. Communities for your IT procurement gives you access to a wide range of advantages, including:

• Insight’s best overall government pricing
• More than 250,000 IT hardware and software products on contract
• The combined expertise of Insight’s 1,100+ technical professionals, through the complete services offerings available on contract.
• A variety of financing options, including leasing on contract
• Access to Insight’s free and easy-to-use contract web portal
• The counsel of an IT provider with more than 17 years of public sector service
• The benefit of Insight’s state-of-the-art resources, including an ISO 9001:2008 certified Integration Lab, ITIL-certified Network Operations Center, and National Project Management Office
• Assessment, design, deployment and maintenance assistance that spans the entire lifecycle of your IT environment

To learn more about how Insight can help your agency with public sector IT services, contact us at 1.800.546.0578 or at USCommunities@insight.com.

Insight is offering our best overall government pricing through U.S. Communities. Clients are encouraged to contact Insight directly for volume and geographical pricing.

How do I place an order with Insight Public Sector?
 QUICK ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS
 Web: www.ips.insight.com/uscommunities
 Tel. No. (800) 546-0578
 Email: uscommunities@insight.com

1. To place an order online, you must first have an account with Insight and a web login ID and password. If you do not have a login ID, please contact your sales representative by phone or email to request one.
2. Once you have your login information, visit www.ips.insight.com/uscommunities to enter in your user ID name and password.
3. To locate a product, click on the product categories at the top of the page, or enter the manufacturer’s part number or keyword in the Search box. To select a product to order, click on Add to Order. Please contact your sales team if you cannot locate an item on our site and/or for volume pricing. 
4. Once you have finished shopping, proceed to the checkout screens and follow the instructions as needed to complete your order.

Who can participate?
States, State Agencies, Counties, Cities, Schools, Colleges and Universities, Non-Profits and Special Districts.

Does my agency need to be a member of ASBO, NACo, USCM, NIGP or NLC to participate?
No. Any qualified agency can participate in the program.

My state requires local governments to bid everything. Can local governments in my state use this program without going out to bid?
Yes. This contract has been competitively bid by a government agency. Through the Joint Powers Authority or an inter-local agreement, local governments can "piggy-back" this competitively bid contract through U.S. Communities. This satisfies the competitive bid requirements in most states. See state by state laws on intergovernmental purchasing.

What does a government agency need to do in order to participate?
Complete the free online registration found on the U.S. Communities website. During the registration process, you will be asked to mark suppliers you are interested in. The suppliers that you select will contact you with detailed pricing and ordering information.

Is there a fee associated with joining U.S. Communities?
No, there are no costs or user fees to the local agency to participate or register.

If my agency already has an account with Insight Public Sector, do I need to set up a new account?
No. Contact your Insight Public Sector Account Manager to have the U.S. Communities program linked to your existing account.

Does the competitive pricing apply, regardless of quantity?
Using Insight Public Sector and the U.S. Communities program assures an agency they are getting a very competitive price on any size order. There are no costs, minimum quantity requirements or spend limits associated with using the Insight Public Sector U.S. Communities program.

How does it save time and money?
The key value for the agency is resource savings. On average, U.S. Communities participating agencies will save 5% over traditional procurement practices. Most agencies today are spread too thin. Agencies are downsizing administrative departments, and retiring or departing purchasing and maintenance positions are left unfilled. The U.S. Communities program provides a mechanism to save the time and costs associated with obtaining quotes or preparing bids. The time savings allow the department to accomplish its work tasks more efficiently with the personnel on hand.

How to Obtain U.S. Communities Pricing?
To obtain U.S. Communities pricing from our suppliers, you must first register to establish your agency’s eligibility for the program. Registration is free and there is no obligation of any kind. During the registration process, you can request contact from any supplier(s) you would like. Any time after registration, just visit the “Products and Suppliers” page to request supplier contact. Each supplier you select will contact you to explain the special U.S. Communities pricing and other exclusive benefits available to public agencies and nonprofits through the U.S. Communities contracts. Once you have registered, you may also choose to purchase from a portion of our suppliers through the U.S. Communities e-commerce portal which allows you to purchase from several suppliers at the same time.
 
How can my agency participate in the U.S. Communities program?
Complete the online registration.

Can more than one person at my agency register?
Yes, additional users can register by completing the standard registration process; the system will automatically unify all registrations that use the same TIN under one agency account. Alternately, existing users can add new users from within their account.

No minimum purchase required. Insight offers free best way shipping. Expedited shipping is available for a fee.