Contracts and Procurement Support
We can help with:
- Conducting and managing competitive procurements.
- Buying from a statewide contract.
- Using direct buy purchasing authority.
- Using and substantiating the need for sole source contracts.
- Assisting with the agency procurement risk assessment.
Use our services
- Verify that your organization is on the list of small agencies, boards and commissions.
- Submit a Procurement Services Request.
Note: Due to capacity concerns, we are deferring requests for DES-Led Competitive Solicitations. We continue to provide consulting, reviews, and support for Competitive Solicitations. Other Procurement Methods (such as Sole Sources, Inter Agency Agreements, and Direct Buys) are unaffected. We expect capacity to return late July or early August.
Related links
Related policies
DES-090-00
Guides how DES will delegate goods and services purchasing authority to state agencies, tailored to fulfill the agency's mission.
DES-125-03
Establishes the procurement criteria for Direct Buy goods and services purchases, which do not require a competitive process.
DES-140-00
Outlines the restrictions and exemptions for using sole source contracts and reinforces that competition is the preferred procurement method to eliminate any manipulation intended to avoid competition.
DES-280-00
Requires state agencies to give preference to purchases that do not contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
DES-090-06
Requires agencies to use approved strategies to increase purchases of goods and services from small, diverse, and veteran-owned businesses. Meets requirements in state law to ensure equitable access to state goods and services contracts.
DES-70A.230-00
Requires state agencies to give preference to purchases that contain no mercury, to reduce and eliminate threats to human health and the environment from release of mercury.
Contact us
Small Agency Procurement Support Services
Phone 360-407-2209