Government | Paramount Technologies

GOVERNMENT

State and Local Governments are under increasing pressure to simplify and unify business processes, deliver new and innovative constituent services, comply with changing mandates, and improve mission delivery and agency performance.

Many local (city or county), state, and federal rules and regulations govern obtaining goods and services in the public sector. Most government agencies’ boards establish the procurement dollar threshold for various types of purchases, often by price. More expensive purchases often require an Invitation for Bid (IFB) or a Request for Proposals (RFP). Public sector organizations are typically required to get 3 or more bids/quotes on requested items. The process of procuring products and services in the public sector is not so much complicated as detailed.

How Employee Workforce Automation Can Help

Paramount’s WorkPlace Suite helps governments improve efficiency and accountability:

Ability to track requisitions against budgets, receive warnings if over budget and route for approval based on a requisition line item exceeding the budget
Robust approval process that allows routing to an unlimited number of approvers based on criteria such as $ amount, department, GL Account, etc. and allows the items to be fully approved before creating a purchase order
Governmental entities are typically required to get 3 or more bids/quotes on requested items; with RFQ you can send requisitions to multiple vendors with an email notification, vendors can complete quotes online, and all quotes can be reviewed and awarded based on defined criteria
Ability to track requisitions against contracts that have been established with vendors and enforce special pricing that has been negotiated with the vendor
Documented auditable process