State of Georgia Department of Administrative ServicesState Purchasing Division
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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.
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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.
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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 [email protected]
• Jeffery Rolsten – Information Technology 404 656-5451 or [email protected]
• Darryl Mitchell – Infrastructure, Fleet 404 656-5342 or [email protected]
• Debra Blount – Special Projects 404 656-0379 or [email protected]
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Team Georgia Marketplace™
www.doas.ga.gov
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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 statusLess paperwork, faster
communications, less administrative time, and easily available information for
suppliers
Sourcing BidderIf 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.
SupplierIf 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.
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• 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
Georgia Procurement Registry
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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.