Resources

A TIPS award tells you a competitive process happened, not that the supplier suits your project. What to ask, what to compare and what should worry you when choosing under Contract 230601.

Contract 230601 settles how you buy. It does not decide what a consultant may reach, who approved it, or how it ends. What to define, and which document each term belongs in.

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.