Tego Expands Everpure Access on North Carolina’s 204X Contract

Tego is now an authorized reseller of Everpure (Pure Storage) solutions under North Carolina’s Statewide IT Contract 204X (IT Infrastructure Solutions). This addition gives eligible state, local government, and education organizations another way to buy Everpure from an engineering-led partner based in Raleigh. For public-sector buyers, it pairs an established purchasing vehicle with the technical expertise to turn a storage investment into a working solution.

What North Carolina’s 204X contract is

North Carolina’s 204X contract is a statewide IT contract for IT infrastructure solutions. It provides public-sector buyers with an established framework for purchasing eligible IT infrastructure and related services, eliminating the need to build a separate purchasing agreement from scratch. In short, it is a faster, pre-approved path to buy the technology they already need.

Eligible buyers include:

• North Carolina state agencies
• UNC System institutions
• Instructional components of the community college system and the Department of Public Instruction
• County and municipal governments, as permitted by law

One caveat is important here. The 204X contract is a convenience vehicle, not a blanket exemption from purchasing rules. Each organization must still follow its applicable approvals, ordering procedures, and contract terms. Tego helps clients identify the right purchasing path and align a proposed solution with the contract’s scope.

A more direct path from procurement to modernization

With Tego now listed as an authorized Everpure reseller, these organizations can evaluate covered solutions and buy through the state’s existing framework. That cuts the administrative work of standing up a separate agreement, and it lets procurement move in step with project planning instead of lagging behind it.

“Public-sector organizations need more than a way to buy technology; they need a partner who can help them put it to work,” said Nolan Smith, CEO of Tego. “Our addition to the 204X contract with Everpure brings together a more straightforward procurement path, modern storage technology, and Tego’s engineering expertise. We’re excited to help North Carolina agencies and educational institutions build resilient infrastructure that supports their mission today and adapts to what the future brings.”

Expanding Tego’s partnership with Everpure in the SLED market

This authorization enables Tego and Everpure to engage more deeply with North Carolina’s public-sector organizations. By bringing procurement and technical conversations together earlier, Tego helps clients align their modernization priorities with an available contract vehicle before the buying process stalls.

That matters across very different projects. Whether an organization is replacing aging storage, supporting critical applications, expanding research infrastructure, or strengthening its recovery capabilities, the starting point is the same. Rather than leading with a product specification, Tego starts with the workload, operational requirements, and the desired outcome, then designs the right approach.

What Tego delivers to public-sector clients

Modern storage designed around the mission

Public-sector workloads span the gamut, from citizen-service applications and financial systems to student information platforms and research data. Tego helps clients weigh Everpure’s all-flash storage against real-world performance, capacity, availability, and growth requirements. The result is an architecture built around the work the organization actually needs to do, not a generic spec sheet.

Certified expertise from design through deployment

Tego’s investment in Everpure expertise extends beyond resale. In 2025, three Tego engineers earned the FlashArray Implementation Specialization, making Tego the first regional partner to achieve this certification.

For clients, this means engineers with proven implementation skills who can plan and configure FlashArray environments, apply deployment best practices, and prepare internal teams for a clean handoff. The goal is simple: infrastructure ready to support daily operations from day one.

Resilience built into the architecture

Reliable storage is only one piece of a broader resilience strategy. Tego helps clients think through how storage, data protection, recovery requirements, and operational processes fit together. By addressing those dependencies during the design phase, organizations make better-informed decisions about protecting critical data and restoring services when disruption occurs.

A clearer view of long-term value

Public-sector investments must make sense well beyond the purchase order. Tego helps clients evaluate lifecycle costs, capacity growth, support, and upgrade options, including applicable Evergreen offerings, so decisions reflect the full operating picture. Tego confirms product and subscription availability through 204X for each proposed solution.

Key takeaways

• Tego is now an authorized Everpure (Pure Storage) reseller under North Carolina’s 204X contract for IT infrastructure.
• Eligible state, local, and educational buyers can purchase Everpure through an established state framework.
• The 204X contract streamlines procurement, but it does not replace an organization’s purchasing requirements.
• In 2025, three Tego engineers earned the FlashArray Implementation Specialization, a regional first.
• Tego starts with the workload and outcome, then designs storage, resilience, and lifecycle value around them.

Frequently asked questions

Planning a storage refresh or a public-sector infrastructure project? Connect with Tego to discuss your requirements, confirm eligibility for 204X, and explore how Everpure solutions can support your mission. You can also see how storage fits within Tego’s broader IT infrastructure practice.