HERNDON, Va., April 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SkyBitz, a leading provider of best-fit vehicle and asset tracking solutions, announced today successful completion of the vetting process as a NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Fulfillment Partner. This partnership opens up SkyBitz to government contractors in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the organized United States territories skipping the cumbersome Request for Proposal (RFP) process. As a NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Fulfillment Partner, SkyBitz has been vetted by Quest Technology Management as an approved technology vendor. Government agencies are able to purchase SkyBitz fleet management solutions directly at a 20% discount.

“The NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions contract offers government agencies the flexibility and expediency required for procuring technology solutions,” said Tim Burke, Quest President and CEO. “As a NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Fulfillment Partner, SkyBitz can offer these agencies its local and enterprise fleet management solutions directly.”

The cooperative purchasing arm of NASPO, the National Association of State Procurement Officials, provides the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative contracting. Spurring the best value, innovation, and competition in the marketplace, NASPO ValuePoint encourages, fosters and guides the nation’s most significant public contract cooperative. By leveraging the leadership and expertise of all states with the purchasing power of their public entities, NASPO ValuePoint delivers the best value, most reliable, competitively-sourced contracts.

“From busses and police cars to utility vehicles, all government agencies have fleets and with SkyBitz these fleets can be monitored for optimal efficiency,” said Henry Popplewell, SkyBitz President. “As a partner with NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions, SkyBitz can tap into this growing market opportunity eliminating the lengthy RFP process.”

The need for transparency, efficiency, and sustainability in transportation services is especially great in the public sector. SkyBitz offers government agencies the ability to reduce overhead expenses, keep track of assets and streamline operations through intelligent fleet management solutions. With a range of GPS fleet and asset tracking solutions, SkyBitz provides fleet managers and dispatchers with accurate, real-time data required to drive operational efficiencies, reduce fuel consumption, prevent asset theft and loss, enhance security, improve driver safety and trim budgets.

General information and additional contract details are available on NASPO ValuePoint’s website: http://www.naspovaluepoint.com/#/contract-details/71/overview/general.

About SkyBitz, Inc. 
SkyBitz, Telular’s flagship brand for IoT Telematics solutions, is a leader in commercial telematics solutions across multiple vertical industry sectors, providing real-time information on the location and status of assets. More than a thousand enterprises rely on SkyBitz technology to achieve total asset visibility, improved security, lower operating and capital expenses, and enhanced customer service. SkyBitz delivers its solution via a secure web-based application and requires no software downloads. For additional information, visit www.skybitz.com. 

About NASPO ValuePoint:
The NASPO ValuePoint Cooperative Purchasing Organization (formerly WSCA-NASPO) provides the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative contracting. By leveraging the leadership and expertise of all states with the purchasing power of their public entities, NASPO ValuePoint delivers the best value, most reliable, competitively-sourced contracts. Since 1993, NASPO ValuePoint or its predecessor has been the cooperative purchasing arm of NASPO (the National Association of State Procurement Officials) encouraging, fostering, and guiding the nation’s most significant public contract cooperative. NASPO ValuePoint is a unified, nationally-focused cooperative aggregating the demand of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the organized United States territories, their political subdivisions, and other eligible entities, spurring the best value, innovation, and competition in the marketplace.

About Quest Technology Management:
A worldwide leader in technology management, Quest offers a portfolio of professional, cloud, managed, and on-premises services as well as co-location. In addition to the Quest Cloud Platform®, which delivers hyperscale public cloud capabilities, Quest operates a global network of secure Service Delivery Centers that provide hybrid cloud/managed services/on-site configurations focused on security, disaster recovery, business continuity, data backup and replication, desktops as a service, and infrastructure as a service.

Media contact:
Jan Jahosky
SkyBitz
jan@jahosky.com