6/7/2021 - By Mike Hess

OMNIA Partners is the premier agency for organizations looking to find cooperative purchasing options in the public sector, maximizing purchasing power and vastly multiplying available resources. OMNIA’s public sector offers a free partnership to any organization looking to lift the burden of procurement, providing the nation’s most comprehensive portfolio of products and services from industry-leading suppliers. Like Harrell’s!

Is your organization already a part of OMNIA Partners?

It’s quite possible and you may not even know it! OMNIA’s reach is extensive, having developed over 300 cooperative contracts for services, products, and promotions with organizations in the public sector. Working with state, government, and even non-profit organizations. There are currently over 140,000 active participants in the public sector utilizing the OMNIA Partners portfolio, which includes Harrell’s. This is almost triple what their numbers were six years ago, that’s growth of almost 300%! Although impressive, this growth is a testament to the OMNIA Partners Mission. Their mission statement reads:

“To support the ability of public agencies and educational institutions to deliver quality services, by linking public procurement expertise and a competitive marketplace for public benefit.”

This, coupled with their vision and values statements, make it obvious why so many companies trust and join up with OMNIA Partners. They do whatever they can to ensure that the public sector and non-profit entities, utilizing their portfolio of resources, are getting connected with the best services possible. Much like the mission of Harrell’s itself.

Though OMNIA does have hundreds of contracts and services available, the process of joining the OMNIA Partners resource portfolio is not simple, and that’s a good thing! OMNIA is very thorough in their vetting and solicitation process, making sure that the next potential contract lines up with what they are offering as a whole. The process boils down to five steps:

1. OMNIA’s lead agencies in the public sector prepare an offer of solicitation, competitive within the market, ensuring that the offer will be accepted in all areas who allow “piggyback” contract usage.
1. Utilizing the Request for Proposal (or RFP) process, allows each supplier to include specific and distinct advantages for participants, making the offer even more competitive.
2. The agency issues the solicitation and begins the process of meeting with potential new contracts, pre-proposal meetings.
3. Any suppliers who are interested respond to the solicitation.
4. The lead agency goes through the responses, awarding the penultimate master agreement only to those which stand out.
5. Award documentation (once finalized) is made available to the public, without the need for a special request to access it.

When it comes to an organization such as OMNIA, trust is key. If you don’t have trust, then how are connections and services going to be made? This is why the vetting and solicitation process is so vital.  It keeps things thorough and allows the potential users of service to remain in the loop along the way. Showing that OMNIA is completely open throughout their entire process brings customers in on a note of confidence and trust, leaving no room for confusion of service.

OMNIA’s portfolio is the most robust, quality, and extensive cooperative contract portfolio in the buying cooperative space. Truly giving corporations direct and quick access to services and products they might need right. Driven by a team of 150+ professionals with over 20 years of experience in the industry, the team is backed by resources, experience and expertise exceeding most standards.

Backed by the knowledge that OMNIA is serving as the bridge between companies across the nation, from non-profits to state owned entities, provides partners with a sense of community and reliability which can only be achieved in a space such as this. With over 60,000 entities participating, you can do more with less, reducing administration product costs while making the most out of connections and power of purchase. To learn more about OMNIA Partners Public Sector, visit their website.