Statewide term contract

Also called: statewide contract, state term contract, STC, state master contract, statewide price agreement, mandatory use contract, convenience contract

A statewide term contract is a contract a state's central purchasing office awards for a category of goods or services over a set term, which state agencies must or may order from instead of running their own solicitations, and which local governments can often use as well.

Each state's procurement code defines the instrument and the name varies: term contract in North Carolina, state term contract in Florida, statewide contract in Massachusetts and Texas, master contract in Washington. The central office competes the contract once and lists it in a contract catalog on the state procurement portal. Contracts are marked mandatory, meaning agencies must use them, or convenience, meaning agencies may. Most states extend use to cities, counties, school districts and universities under a cooperative purchasing clause, and some write it so other states can piggyback.

What to check: the catalog for your category and when the current contract expires (the recompete is the moment to get on it), whether the award goes to one vendor or several, the ordering and reporting rules, and the administrative fee charged to vendors. A statewide contract is a license to be ordered from; the selling still happens agency by agency.

What it is not: a GSA Schedule, which is federal, and not an order. It sets the terms under which orders are placed.

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