SPC Ford Police Interceptor Utility Order Bank Opens Today!
• Final specifications have yet to be released, but Ford Motor Company today opened the order bank for the Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC) Ford Police Interceptor Utility (Contract #204) with Currie Motors. Ford will accept orders on an allocation basis relative to the purchasing history of the ordering agency over the past five years. For questions or additional information, please contact Municipal Sales Manager Tom Sullivan, 815-464-9200 or
tsullivan@curriemotors.com
Have You Considered Granite Lately?
• Are your telecommunications contracts expired or up for renewal this year? Or just looking to reduce your monthly spend? Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC) Telecommunications Program vendor Granite Government Solutions (Contract #205) will conduct a free cost savings analysis of all your telecommunication services and invoices. To get started or for information on how to take advantage of the SPC Contract pricing and savings, please contact staff or
Granite Senior Sales Executive Frank Ventrella, fventrella@granitenet.com or 630-649-0823.
Register Today for Granite’s Edgeboot Webinar
• As previously reported, SPC Telecommunications Program vendor Granite Government Solutions recently announced a new solution called Edgeboot. Edgeboot is a managed power cycle device that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to detect if there is an issue with a customer’s network router. This device can perform a remote reboot to the device to
restore connectivity in minutes instead of hours. Ninety percent of all service issues can be corrected with a reboot of a router.
This new service eliminates the need for a costly tech dispatch or relying on remote employees to troubleshoot equipment plus it works on any router whether Granite is providing the service or not. On Friday, February 23 at 10:00 a.m., Granite Senior Sales Executive Frank Ventrella will host a free, virtual informational session to discuss Edgeboot. A meeting invitation was sent to NWMC member Assistant Managers, IT Directors, Finance Directors, and Purchasing Agents. It was also sent to the SPC partner councils of governments – the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference, South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association, and Will County Governmental League to invite their members. To learn more about this service, please contact Frank Ventrella,
@ fventrella@granitenet.com or 630-649-0823.
