Vendor Guide or Registration Website:

• http://das.ct.gov/cr1.aspx?page=161

Does state charge a vendor registration fee?

• No

Vendors must define commodities by using:

• UNSPSC Commodity Code

Centralized procurement office handles:

• Non-technology goods
• Non-technology services
• Technology Goods
• Technology Services

Targeted business programs/preference policies affecting procurement:

• Tie-bid preference for in-state bidders
• Service-disabled veteran owned business
• Correctional industries
• Reciprocal Preference
• Specific commodity-based preference
• Women-owned Business enterprise
• Minority-owned Business Enterprise
• Sheltered Workshop
• Preference for products grown or produced in the state

State entities/agencies which are exempt by law from purchasing through the purchasing office and are authorized to buy most of their requirements:

• Judicial Branch/Courts
• Legislative Branch
• Universities

Devin Marquez
Procurement Attorney and Assistant Director of Procurment Programs and Services
[email protected]

Team Leaders:

Don Casella
Contract Team Leader
[email protected]

Tina Costanzo
Contract Team Leader IT Products and Services
[email protected]

Patrick DeConti
Contract Team Leader
[email protected]

Veronica Coty, Manager of Procurement Programs and Services, [email protected]

• P-Card Program
• Construction Contractor PreQualification Program
• State and Federal Surplus Program

Meg Yetishefsky, Manager of Supplier Diversity, [email protected]

• Small and Minority Business Set-Aside Program