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Celebrating over 50 years…

Celebrating over 50 years… Congratulations, municipalities have been eligible to use OGS contracts to purchase materials, equipment and supplies since 1953. OGS Promise… Ensure public benefit from outstanding service

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Celebrating over 50 years…

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  1. Celebrating over 50 years… Congratulations, municipalities have been eligible to use OGS contracts to purchase materials, equipment and supplies since 1953.

  2. OGS Promise… • Ensure public benefit from outstanding service • Meet our customer’s needs with cost effective products and unparalleled service.

  3. PSG Contract Customers • State agencies, authorities and public benefit corporations • Counties • Cities, towns, villages • Public school districts • Private schools (K-12) • Volunteer ambulance and fire companies • Non-profit, non-public • Independent colleges and universities • Hospitals and residential health care facilities • Cemetery Corporations • Some charitable organizations

  4. OGS contracts can: • Save 10 to 40% of average purchase price • Reduce or eliminate the time required to research specifications • Enhance & simplify the purchase process • Minimize the time required to identify responsible vendors • Ensure product and service quality • Meet recycling/energy efficient objectives

  5. Procurement Guidelines • Guide to purchasing and contracting adopted by procurement council • Follow State Finance Law • Available at OGS website • www.ogs.state.ny.us/procurement/default.asp

  6. Preferred Sources • Statutory purchasing preference granted by State Finance Law • Must meet form, function and Utility • Additional items are added periodically • Preferred Source Offerings: • www.ogs.state.ny.us/procurecounc/pdfdoc/psguide.pdf

  7. OGS Centralized Contracts • Commodities • Services • Technology (including telecommunications)

  8. Commodities • Fixed price single award contracts • Vehicles, filed requirement contracts • Multiple Award contracts • Copiers, furniture, audio-visual • Catalog Contracts • Office Supplies, Industrial Supplies • http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/spg/lists/commodty.asp

  9. Services • Some of the service contracts currently available are: • overnight mail • procurement card services • guard services • temporary personnel • drug & alcohol testing • on-line database • http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/snt/lists/services.asp

  10. Technology • Adaptive Aids • Microcomputers • Printers • Software • Systems and Peripherals • http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/snt/lists/infotech.asp

  11. Telecommunications • Video Conferencing Systems & Services • Cable & Fiber Optics • Aggregated Telecommunications Services • Cellular, PCS Wireless Telephone Services • Internet Access Service • Paging Services • Networking Hardware and Software • http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/snt/lists/telecom.asp

  12. Small Business Initiative (SBI) • New York State resident small businesses • Listing may be viewed at: • www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/sbi.asp • Small Business Initiatives are not contracts

  13. Purchaser Notification Service (PNS) • No more paper • Timely contract updates • Unlimited registrations • Select only those classifications of interest to you • http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/PNS/default.asp

  14. Tips to avoid purchasing blunders: • Confer with experts. • Read “How to Use This Contract”. • Contact Purchasing Officer. • Contact Customer Services.

  15. For information on OGS contracts contact our Customer Services Unit at: (518) 474-6717 or visit our website at: http://www.ogs.state.ny.us

  16. Thank you

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