State UseWorksWonders Program

Purchaser’s Guide

INSIDEWho we are

How the program worksBenefits of the program

What we offerSteps to get started

Who we are.

WorksWonders PROGRAM PURCHASER’S GUIDE1

WorkQuest is a unique, nonprofit corporation that helps supply businesses and organizations with the wide array of products, services and temporary employment services needed for their day-to-day operations. These are no ordinary products and services, as they are manufactured with the highest quality and performed with reliability by proud Texans with disabilities.

WorkQuest works in partnership with nearly 120 Community Rehabilitation Programs across Texas that share our goal of providing valuable employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

OUR POLICIESPurchasing through the State Use WorksWonders Program offers a number of benefits for those who do business with us. In addition to taking advantage of fair pricing, a convenient and efficient ordering system and outstanding customer services, you can also know that every transaction you make helps support employment opportunities for Texans with disabilities.

We, along with the nearly 6,000 individuals with disabilities participating in the WorksWondersProgram, are ready and eager to support your product, service and temporary employment service needs.

SERLESTER BOONE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION

I feel a personal connection to purchasing through the WorksWonders Program, and I am glad to support WorkQuest’s mission by doing so.

The Texas Workforce Commission is authorized by statute (1) to determine a fair

market price for goods and services produced through the State Use WorksWonders

Program (2) which are available to state agency and political subdivision customers

with the competitive bid restriction waived (3) when purchases are made through

WorkQuest.

THE WorksWonders PROGRAM OPERATES THROUGH A

3-STEP PROCESS

How it works.

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AdvisoryCommittee

Performance Goals,Certification Criteria

Marketing, Purchase Orders,Invoices, Payments,Customer Relations

AgencyOversight

Reviews Products and Services and Sets

“Fair Market Price”

Present Products and Services,Represent CRPs, Compliance

Marketing, Contract Procurement,Product Development, Allocationof Orders, Accounting, Trainingand Education

Customers CRPs

Delivers Productsand Services

Texas WorkforceCommission

How We Help Our Customers.

1. Products and services which are determined best value by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) are available without the need for competitive bid.

2. The Program offers a wide variety of options with its products and services.

3. Each contract is negotiated individually, allowing for customization to meet specific wants and needs.

Ordering products and utilizing services through WorkQuest achieves

far-reaching benefits for customers, individuals with disabilities and taxpayers:

How We Help People with Disabilities

1. We provide stable, vocational rehabilitation for individuals with disabilities in the community.

2. We provide people with disabilities the opportunity to become self-sufficient.

3. We provide training, meaningful employment and fair wages for individuals with disabilities.

Benefits of the program.

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ROSE SOTOCORPUS CHRISTI STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER

A job is the first stepping stone to making our employees feel like productive members of society, and the WorksWonders Program helps make those jobs possible.

How We Help Taxpayers

1. The WorksWonders Program has proven to reduce the cost of care for people with disabilities.

2. By adding employees with disabilities to the work force, the program helps increase the tax base. National studies have shown a savings in public expenditures for purchases made through the WorksWonders Program.

3. Since CRPs are located in large and small communities, the program also stimulates local area economic growth.

PRODUCTS• Office/School

Supplies• Furniture• Medical Supplies• Janitorial Supplies• Food Items• Outdoor Clothing &

Supplies• Bed & Bath Items• Hand Tools &

Hardware Supplies

INDOOR SERVICES • Floor Care

Maintenance• Janitorial Maintenance• Moving Services• Pest Control• Office Assistance• Document

Destruction

FREIGHT & LOGISTIC SERVICES• Logistics for Small

Parcel, LTL, and Truckload Delivery

• Less Than Truckload/Palletized Delivery

• Flatbed Delivery

OUTDOOR SERVICES • City Parks

Maintenance• Right-of-Way Mowing• Litter Pick-Up• Landscape

Maintenance• Pest Control• Rest Area

Maintenance

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES• Data Entry• Clerical Support• Accounting

Technicians• Custodial /

Maintenance• Systems Analyst

Warehousing & Distribution

IT’S EASY TO SUPPORT THE WorksWonders PROGRAM, GIVEN THE EXTENSIVE ARRAY OF

PRODUCTS & SERVICES THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE.

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What we offer.

JANALEE PAIZTEXAS OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNCIL

I like the value that purchasing through the WorksWonders Program gives the state and community and that it helps individuals with disabilities.

For one-stop shopping visit the WorkQuest Central Store, located in Austin:

WorkQuest Central Store1130 Rutherford Lane #190Austin, Texas 78753

For a more comprehensive listing of the products, services and temporary employment services available through the WorksWonders Program, visit www.WorkQuest.com or call 512-451-8145 to request our latest catalog.

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Getting Started.

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COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (CRPs) PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

ACROSS TEXAS.

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* Regions outlined in map are WorkQuest marketing regions

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U.S. Postage

PAIDAustin, Texas

Permit No. 703

MAIN OFFICE1011 East 53 1/2 Street

Austin, TX 78751Phone: 512.451.8145

Fax: 512.451.0824

CENTRAL STORE1130 Rutherford Lane

Bldg. 1, Suite 190Austin, TX 78753

Phone: 512.834.8242Fax: 512.832.8560

WWW.WORKQUEST.COM