NASPO ValuePoint, an organization that provides the highest standard of excellence in public cooperative contracting, today announced the first master agreement awards of the Cloud Solutions multi-state cooperative procurement. The request for proposal, developed and led by the State of Utah and a sourcing team of state procurement and IT professionals from eight states, resulted in competitive awards granted to 38 cloud service providers. Douglas Richins, NASPO ValuePoint’s Chief Executive Officer said, “The success of this groundbreaking procurement is in large measure due to the excellent leadership by the State of Utah, the dedication of a very talented group of state procurement and IT professionals on the sourcing team, and collaboration with state CIOs.”