Before making a selection, it may be prudent to contact several vendors to help determine which vendor's service best meets agency needs for a particular subscriber. Additionally, contacting several vendors directly may reveal recent contract changes and limited, special offers. For example, vendors may occasionally offer short-duration promotions. For those promotions and based on a vendor request, the Office of State Purchasing may make a change to the contract to offer promotional items for a one month or more period of time. Employees frequently work outside of the office and need to be immediately available.
Employees are on call outside office hours or while traveling.
No other suitable communications methods are available. How to Order OTM has put in place a number of state contracts with several vendors from which an agency may choose to procure cellular and PCS equipment, services, and accessories. A purchase or release order with the appropriate contract item numbers must be prepared and presented to the vendor. The vendor or OTM personnel can assist with identifying contract numbers and other ordering information. At the time of order, it will be necessary for the agency to provide the vendor with a copy of the approval authority's documentation in order to acquire cellular service or equipment.