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• New statewide contracts 
• Contract changes 
• Contracts feedback
• 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. 

New statewide contracts

New statewide contract available for public safety, law enforcement video products, services, solutions

Effective May 20, DES has a new statewide cooperative contract 05720 for public safety and law enforcement video products, services, and solutions.

This contract succeeds contract 06316 for public safety video systems, which expired April 30.  

Find contractors, including pricing and points of contact, on the contract summary page.

Questions? Email Jolene Haney.

New statewide contract available for IT development

DES has a new statewide contract 16322 for IT Development.
The contract includes:

• 65 small businesses, representing 53% of the total contract awards
• 25 OMWBE-certified businesses
• 2 small, certified veteran-owned businesses

This is the second of the revamped ITPS contracts.

DES is closing the categories 6 and 7 in the old two-tier ITPS contract 08215.

Questions? Email [email protected].

New statewide contract available for electrical supplies

Effective May 30, DES has a new statewide contract 11121 for electrical supplies. 

This contract currently features one Washington small business:

• Centarr Corporation DBA Electricalhub

The contract is for purchases of common electrical supplies, including wire, conduit, breakers, and switches as well as electrical trim items, including LED lighting fixtures, controls, and smart controls.

Find contractors, including pricing and points of contact on the contract summary page.  

Questions? Email Contract Specialist Julie Hannah.

Contract changes

New models, options added to ADA-compliant vehicles contract

DES added new models and options to contract 07621 for ADA-compliant vans, minivans, and specialty vehicles. These options were added to Northwest Bus Sales and Schetky Northwest Sales' price lists.

Find new additions, including pricing, on the Contract Automobile Request System (CARS).

Questions? Email Shapoor Naveed.

Expiring plumbing fixtures contract may lead to purchasing gap

Contract 01118 for plumbing fixtures expires June 30. There will be a gap in contract coverage. We encourage purchasers to place orders before the expiration date.

A solicitation for a new contract is currently in development. We expect to award the contract in fall 2024.

Questions? Email Kevin McMicheal.

Procurement acquisition support services contract extended

DES extended contract 26923 for procurement acquisition support services until Dec. 2.

Questions? Email Sarah Smith.

Contracts feedback

Share your feedback on payroll, accounting services contract

DES seeks your feedback on contract 00824 for payroll and accounting services. This is a new statewide contract that provides payroll and accounting services for government purchasers for their existing and out-of-state workers. We would greatly appreciate your input on this solicitation. Please complete a short survey by 5 p.m. on Friday, June 15.

Questions? Email Lawrence Lim.

Upcoming statewide contracts 

Interested in seeing the statewide contracts we are working on? Visit our planned procurements to see statewide contracts under development, the contracts they are replacing and the timeline. 

Share feedback with us about using statewide contracts, suggest a new contract or request a customer listening session.