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New solicitations??
Contract changes?
Share your feedback
Language Access Program updates
Upcoming statewide contracts

Contracts Connection provides news about statewide contracts for goods and services, which are available to state agencies and other organizations that have signed a contract usage agreement.?

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New solicitations?

DES starts solicitation to replace raised pavement markers contract

DES is starting a solicitation for raised pavement markers to succeed statewide contract 06815, which expires June 30.

Raised pavement markers are safety devices?used on?roads. They are usually made of plastic, ceramic, thermoplastic paint, glass or metal and come in a variety of shapes and colors that may include a lens or sheeting that enhances their visibility by?retroreflecting?automotive?headlights.

Other names for specific types of raised pavement markers include convex vibration lines,?Botts' dots, delineators,?cat's eyes, road studs or road turtles. Sometimes they are simply referred to as reflectors.

Questions? Email Contract Specialist Jaime Bacon.

View contract 27923

DES starts solicitation for illumination, traffic signal intelligent transportation systems equipment ?

DES is starting a solicitation for Illumination, Traffic Signal Intelligent Transportation Systems Equipment to succeed statewide contract 04616,?which expires Jan. 31, 2025.

Questions? Email Contract Specialist Jaime Bacon.

View contract 29023

DES starts solicitation for elevator inspections, maintenance, repairs ?

DES is starting a solicitation for Elevator Inspections, Maintenance, and Repairs to succeed statewide contract 01219,?which expires Jan. 1, 2025.

This solicitation is for the procurement of elevator inspections, preventative maintenance, and minor repairs. It does not include major overhauls or modifications to elevators.

Questions? Email Contract Specialist Jaime Bacon.

View contract 28723

Contract changes

Expiring contract for commercial gases may lead to purchasing gap??

Contract 04015 for medical, specialty and industrial gases is expiring Jan. 31, 2024. There will be a gap in contract coverage. Purchasers are encouraged to place orders before the expiration date.??

We are in the process of developing a new contract. Currently this process is in final review, and we expect to award the contract in March 2024.??

Questions? Email Contract Specialist Jaime Bacon.

View contract 23823?

Share your feedback

DES seeks feedback on motor vehicle contract

DES is seeking sourcing team members and purchasers' feedback on contract 05916 for motor vehicles.

We are hosting two meetings for interested purchasers. Attendees will share their experience with the contract and any other feedback about it; learn more about the contract, the solicitation process, and ways to participate.

Meeting dates are:

Nov. 28, 10 a.m.
Nov. 30, 1 p.m.

If you would like to attend one of the meetings, email Contract Specialist?Brandon Cipolla.

View contract 05916

Language?Access Program updates?

CBA takes effect for language access providers?

The new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for Language Access Providers (i.e., Interpreter Services, WFSE LAP) has gone into effective for this biennium, July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025. Please be sure to update your files.

View the CBA

DES launches Language Access Program Teams channel

DES has a new Language Access Program Teams Channel to help purchasers to learn and share information.?We created three subchannels, each with different guidelines and resources.

1. DES-Language Access Program General?

The purpose of this channel is to share general information about DES' Language Access Program that doesn't fit into one of the other subchannels.

2. Statewide Contract Purchasers

The purpose of this channel is to share information among members of DES' Language Access Purchaser Meetings.

3. Multiagency Language Access Community of Practice

The purpose of this channel is to share workgroup information for members of our Multiagency Language Access Community of Practice. This channel is by invitation only, please join our general channel to request an invitation to this channel.

How to join the main Teams channel

In Teams, click??Join or create a team??
Look for ?Join a team with a code??
Enter this code:?vk0uxih
The?channel name is:?DES-Language Access Program

What if you are not in Teams??

If you don't have a Teams account, you won't be able to join with a team code. Please contact the DES language Access program to be invited.

Learn about the Language Access Program

Upcoming statewide contracts?

Planned procurements now show solicitation steps

We made some changes to our Planned Procurement page to show what stage our solicitations are in.

We added a new column that shows the current step for each of our solicitations. You can also sort the list to group it by solicitation step ? for example, you could see all of the solicitations we are drafting, or the solicitations that are open for bidding.?

This screenshot shows the new column.?