ANPI has become an approved vendor with The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS), a national purchasing cooperative that offers its members access to purchasing contracts that allow them to skip the time-consuming RFP process for government agencies.
TIPS members include governmental agencies such as public education organizations, higher education entities, and city or county governments.
If a government agency, like a public school, is in need of a new phone system, it typically participates in a lengthy RFP process to choose a vendor. This is draining on everyone involved, including the consultant. Members of TIPS can instead choose from a list of approved TIPS vendors and place an order. ANPI, and its ANPI VIP Hosted UC solution, are now on that list, with services already vetted, approved and priced competitively.
“Schools and municipalities are moving from a traditional phone system to a cloud-based system to save money and improve the productivity of their workers,” said Tim Peterson, ANPI channel sales director. “Being part of the TIPS program makes moving to the latest technology easy. It will also help our Premier Partners be more successful, as they can approach these entities directly.”
ANPI VIP provides a comprehensive set of PBX features, including auto attendants, hunt groups, call recording and fax services. As a cloud-based solution, ANPI supports mobile users and has collaboration tools for audio conference and desktop sharing, and provides business continuity in the event of a disaster, so government entities can continue to function normally. For schools and libraries, ANPI is also E-Rate eligible, so costs for ANPI VIP can be supplemented by federal funding.
