New AV Integration Pre-Qualified Vendors
Procurement and Payment Services has recently awarded six pre-qualified contracts to vendors that work in the audio-visual (AV) integration space. PPS worked with a committee of representatives including Northwestern IT, Kellogg, the School of Communication, the central Library, and others. These six contracts are designed to be used if a department or school needs outside vendor AV integration services.
Note: For all major AV integration projects, Northwestern IT has in-house staff that is able to offer free assistance from project conception through completion. These services can also include the completion of an RFP (request for proposals) if necessary. Use of these Northwestern IT services is not mandatory, but can be particularly valuable for groups without AV expertise. Contact Daniel Altneu (847-467-1334, d-altneu@northwestern.edu) or Trevor Musolf (847-467-1654, t-musolf@northwestern.edu) for further details.
For groups that wish to engage with vendors directly (and not go through Northwestern IT), the six pre-qualified vendors offer pre-negotiated terms and conditions at competitive pricing and services. Vendors in this program can generate a quote and/or Statement of Work (SOW), and when a department or school is ready to move forward with the vendor, a requisition can be created and submitted through NUFinancials without legal review or back-and-forth with the vendor.
The program is designed so that a department or school should be able to select any vendor from this list and be assured that they are receiving competitive pricing from a high-quality, university-approved vendor. It is still highly recommended that whenever possible, quotes be solicited from multiple vendors on this list. Different vendors have different pricing methodologies, different service capabilities, different pricing agreements with hardware manufacturers, etc., and it is a procurement best practice to ensure that there is competition amongst these vendors on a project-by-project basis.
The six pre-qualified AV integration vendors are:
- AVI SPL (Signal Perfection LTD)
- AVI Systems
- Conference Technologies
- Diversified US
- Pace Systems
- Titan Electric
Visit the Audio Visual Integration Services webpage for internal Northwestern references that have worked with each vendor in the past. For questions about this pre-qualified contract, contact Dave Zohfeld at d-zohfeld@northwestern.edu or 847.491.8122