June 2023 Contract Updates

COF's Collaborative Business Services Department facilitates joint contracts to enhance student services and save money. The COF promotes this collaboration between colleges in order to improve efficiency, decrease costs, and upgrade services.

RECENT CONTRACT UPDATES:

Student Services

Transact Campus license was renewed at Emmanuel, Simmons, and Wentworth (printing only) for the upcoming academic year. Emmanuel and Simmons manage all point-of-sale services on campuses- like dining, meal plans, and Fenway Cash- with this vendor.

Emmanuel, MCPHS, Simmons, and Wentworth are entering a new contract year with Prestige Vending, which provides food and beverage vending services on participating Member campuses. Emmanuel, MCPHS, Simmons, and Wentworth are entering the second contract year with Automatic Laundry, which provides laundry services at residential facilities on participating Member campuses. Wentworth, Mass Art, and MCPHS are entering the third year of a shared dining contract with Sodexo which allows for meal plan holders to use their plans to dine at any facility located on these three participating campuses. Mass Art’s Kennedy Café is under renovation this summer with plans to reopen in August with a brand-new Starbucks

COFAN

Colleges of the Fenway Area Network (COFAN) connects all five consortium members with internet access COF is working with network teams to increase the bandwidth available to campuses for the upcoming academic year.

Emergency Management

All Members continue to use RAVE Alert Services, with several campuses renewing SMS opt-in services this summer for their individual campus communities, which allows visitors to opt into campus alert services.

Facilities

COF has renewed its contract with Casella to manage campus resources, including the collection and removal of compost, recycling, and waste for Emmanuel, Simmons, and Wentworth

COF is entering a new contract year with Velocity EHS, which provides online Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) to participating members, Mass Art, Simmons, and Wentworth

Human Resources

COF manages a variety of agreements with the following organizations to benefit Members and their employees:

The New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (NEHERC) Membership has been renewed for the new fiscal year, which allows all Members to access services, including higher education job postings and networking opportunities.

All One Health Employee Assistance Program provides coaching, counseling, advocacy, and personal concierge services to employees from participating institutions (Emmanuel, MCPHS, and Simmons), as well as support for supervisors and managers.

Get Inclusive/ Vector Solutions is entering its third year at COF. Vector supports compliance and conducts training services to staff and students from all Members.

Professional Staffing Group (PSG) is working with COF and HR leaders this summer to continue its 20-year partnership with COFproviding recruitment and staffing services for Emmanual, MCPHS, Simmons, and Wentworth.

Creative Services Inc (CSI) is a new contract implemented in the spring of 2023 that allows participating members: Emmanuel, Mass Art, MCPHS, and Simmons to benefit from discounts on background check services.