"Through your involvement in NEO|SO and utilization of NEO|SO’s offerings, you are demonstrating that regionalism can provide local governments with significant savings while maintaining their individual identities and independence."

~Mayor Georgine Welo, City of South Euclid

SUPPLIERS

Have you ever read a public sector RFP or bid specification and wondered, "Why are they asking us to do that" or thought, "That just doesn’t make any sense?" NEO|SO prides itself on working closely with its suppliers to develop programs that make sense for both the public sector customers AND the suppliers.

NEO|SO is a new breed of public sector consortium. We are importing techniques proven in private sector and medical consortia to the public sector purchasing world. NEO|SO is an organization that is passionately committed to the twin goals of delivering greater value to our public sector customers and growing supplier revenue.

NEO|SO:
  • Seeks to establish long term, value-driven relationships with suppliers
  • Utilizes cross-selling to introduce new programs to existing customers
  • Focuses on creating a winning proposition for customers and suppliers
  • Is operated by business people with a business background
  • Pursues high value opportunities that can be transformational for our customers
  • Nationally recognized in Venture America: Bold Leaders that are Changing the World

NEO|SO

HOW DOES NEO|SO CHOOSE
WHICH PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP?

Local governments buy hundreds
of different products and services.
Here are some of the initial
questions that we ask when considering specific product and service categories to pursue.

  • Are our customers currently spending money on this product/service?
  • Is there a batch of customer contracts for this product/service expiring
    soon?
  • Can we assemble at least $2 million in committed spending to bring to market?
  • Are there opportunities to
    save our customers money
    and time by aggregating this product/service?