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Statewide contracts leverage the state’s collective buying power to help you save money, reduce risk, and streamline purchasing. Buy…
Use a fleet card to simplify fuel expense tracking and make buying fuel and vehicle repairs easy if you drive or lease a vehicle from the…
A purchase card allows you to pay vendors and suppliers quickly, protects your agency from fraudulent spending, and earns rebates…
The Washington State Procurement Manual helps public procurement professionals use and manage contracts on behalf of their organizations.…

Save money, reduce organizational risk, and make buying goods and services easy

More than 1,500 businesses, many of them small and diverse, use statewide contracts to sell their products and services directly to organizations like yours. We manage more than 200 statewide contracts that are carefully vetted to make sure they comply with state and local government, tribal governments', nonprofit, and educational institutions' legal requirements. Leverage our collective buying power to make getting what you need cheaper, safer, and simpler. You can also shop low-priced items for your home or business through our surplus operations and help vastly reduce our state's waste streams.

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In need of a generator to power large-scale water filtration projects, JJH Earthworks turned to DES and the federal surplus program available to veterans who own small businesses.

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The policy applies to all state government organizations that enter into contracts with vendors. It outlines the steps that agencies must take…