by Shane Henson — May 29, 2013—The Minnesota-based National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) recently awarded Siemens Industry Inc.’s Building Technologies Division with a four-year national contract for the procurement of facilities security services. The contract allows the agency’s more than 50,000 members to streamline the procurement process by leveraging a pre-competed national contract, saving members time and money. It also facilitates project planning and startups, as Siemens can work directly with the individual members, the company says.
NJPA is a municipal contracting agency that has the legislative authority to nationally procure contracts, equipment, and service opportunities for its members. Member agencies include all government, higher education, K-12 education, non-profit, and all other public agencies located throughout the United States. Leveraging contract purchasing solutions nationally enables contracted suppliers and member agencies to work smarter and more efficiently as they do business with one another. Approximately $1 billion in products are purchased annually through NJPA contracts, the organization says.
For this particular facility security contract, NJPA says it assessed bids from a number of contenders. Siemens’ reputation and industry expertise helped it secure the contract, and NJPA reportedly liked the structure of Siemens’ branch office setup, which will allow the company to respond to the organization’s members on a local level with qualified sales and service support.
A systems manufacturer as well as a solutions integrator in enterprise security, Siemens’ Building Technologies Division partners with public safety, emergency managers, and loss prevention professionals to provide turnkey solutions. Its security offerings include video surveillance and advanced analytic systems, access control systems, intrusion detection, fire alarm, monitoring services, advanced mass notification and emergency communications, command and control/PSIM (physical security information management), state-of-the-art Internet protocol (IP) connectivity, and integration.
