FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Granite Awarded National Cooperative Contract for Unified Communications Services available through OMNIA Partners, Public Sector
Cooperative Purchasing Contract Delivers Granite Communications, Collaboration and Networking Services to Government, Education and Nonprofit Organizations Nationwide

QUINCY, Mass. – December 10, 2020 – Granite Telecommunications, LLC, a $1.6 billion provider of communications services to multilocation businesses and government agencies, today announced that it has secured a cooperative contract for its suite of communications, collaboration and networking solutions available through OMNIA Partners.

The Region 4 ESC contract #R200901 covers Granite’s services, including POTS/Centrex, DIA Ethernet, SIP, Mobility, Broadband, Hosted PBX, TDM PRI, ISDN PRI, ISDN BRI, MPLS, point-to-point private lines and SD-WAN.

“OMNIA Partners, Public Sector is pleased that one of our lead agencies, Region 4 ESC, selected Granite in a competitive solicitation process as a supplier for communications, collaboration and networking solutions,” said Allan McCombs, Senior Vice President of Sales, OMNIA Partners, Public Sector. “The wide-ranging contract, which includes unified communications as a service (UCaaS), managed network services, broadband services, private lines and much more, will deliver significant value to public agencies nationwide.”

Available through OMNIA Partners, cooperative contracts are competitively solicited and publicly awarded by a government entity serving as the lead agency. Awards are made utilizing this best practice, ensuring maximum value with complete transparency of the process.

“Granite is honored to partner with OMNIA Partners to deliver high-value, mission-critical services to government, education and nonprofit organizations across America,” said Greg Giambalvo, Vice President, Public Sector at Granite. “We look forward to a strong partnership with OMNIA Partners that empowers these vital agencies to collaborate and serve the public reliably, affordably and securely.”

About OMNIA Partners Public Sector
OMNIA Partners, Public Sector is the nation’s largest and most experienced cooperative purchasing organization dedicated to public sector procurement. Our immense purchasing power and industry-leading suppliers have produced a comprehensive portfolio of cooperative contracts and partnerships, making OMNIA Partners the most valued and trusted resource for organizations nationwide.

For more information, visit www.OMNIAPartners.com/publicsector. 

About Granite

Granite delivers one-stop communications solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies throughout the United States and Canada. The $1.6 billion company serves more than two-thirds of the Fortune 100 companies in the United States and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under management. Granite launched in 2002 and grew quickly by helping businesses simplify sourcing and management of local and long-distance phone services with one point of contact and one invoice for all their office locations nationwide. Today, Granite is the leader in aggregating Plain Old Telephone Services (POTS) and has extended its unique value proposition – “one company, one contact, one bill” – to include a range of advanced business communications services, including Internet access, SD-WAN, wireless WAN, hosted PBX, SIP trunking, mobile voice and data, mobile device management, managed security, network integration and much more. Granite employs more than 2,200 people at its headquarters in Quincy, Mass., and nine regional offices nationwide. For more information, visit www.granitenet.com.

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Lauren Grenier
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Granite
781.884.5290
lgrenier@granitenet.com