State of Georgia Department of Administrative Services State Purchasing Division

1. State of Georgia Department of Administrative ServicesState Purchasing Division

2. DOAS Mission • DOAS’ mission is to assist our customers by providing leadership, guidance, and reliable valued business services. • We provide extensive training and outreach to Georgia based supplier so that they can compete and win bid solicitations.

3. Commodities during Disasters • The commodities commonly purchased during disasters include; bottled water, tarps, ice, base camps or tents, generators, sandbags, cots, and road closure signs. • Since most of the items are purchased from existing contacts, a variety of purchasing professionals on rotating shifts are use to execute the purchases as necessary. • The majority of the contracted commodities are sourced by the “Goods” category team led by Clarence Ingram, Group Category Manager.

4. State Purchasing Division200 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 1308 WestAtlanta, Georgia 30334404-657-6000 Terry Doumkos, Director- Strategic Sourcing Group Category Managers • Clarence Ingram – General Goods 404 657-4297 or Clarence.Ingram@doas.ga.gov • Jeffery Rolsten – Information Technology404 656-5451 orJeffrey.Rolsten@doas.ga.gov • Darryl Mitchell – Infrastructure, Fleet 404 656-5342 or Darryl.Mitchell@doas.ga.gov • Debra Blount – Special Projects 404 656-0379 or Debra.Blount@doas.ga.gov

5. Team Georgia Marketplace™ www.doas.ga.gov

6. Team Georgia Marketplace™ • Supplier Self Service • Two-way online communication with suppliers enabling self-service access to register and change their bidder information and access to outstanding POs and payment status • Less paperwork, faster communications, less administrative time, and easily available information for suppliers Sourcing Bidder If your company provides goods or services but has never had a purchase order, received a remittance, or been awarded a contract by the State of Georgia, you need to register as a sourcing bidder. Your company may fit into this category even if it was active in the old Vendor Registration System. Supplier If your company has had a purchase order, received a remittance, or has been awarded a contract by the State of Georgia, you need to register as a supplier. A company in this category will have a PeopleSoft vendor number in our Financials system.

7. Georgia Procurement Registry • Under normal circumstances, bid opportunities are required to be posted on the Georgia Procurement Registry (GPR) for a minimum number of days depending on circumstances. • The GPR can be viewed on the State Purchasing website: www.statepurchasing.doas.ga.gov

8. Statewide Contract Index • The vast majority of statewide contracts are one (1) year terms with a specified number of renewable options. • The terms start at the time the contract is signed. Opportunities become available at the end of the term or when the renewable terms are exhausted.