Minnesota
Saint Paul, Minnesota,
55155-1402, United States
Vendor Guide or Registration Website:
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
- Building Construction
- Technology Goods
- Technology Services
Targeted business programs/preference policies affecting procurement:
- Tie-bid preference for in-state bidders
- Reciprocal preference
- Specific commodity-based preference
- Women-owned business enterprise
- Minority-owned business enterprise
- Disabled-owned business enterprise
- Sheltered workshop
- Veteran-owned business enterprise
- Service-disabled veteran owned business
- Correctional industries
- 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
- Other: Lottery for certain lottery-specific items only
Betsy Hayes is the chief procurement officer of the State of Minnesota. Betsy has 24 years of public procurement experience with the state’s Department of Administration, Office of State Procurement. In her role, Betsy is responsible for directing the state’s central procurement office that acquires goods and services in excess of $4 billion annually. This includes state executive branch purchasing, as well as cooperative purchasing managed on behalf of Minnesota’s local units of government and customers from government organizations across the country. Betsy is a graduate of Cornell College in Iowa and received her J.D. from William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Betsy is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association and is a recipient of the Public Attorney Award of Excellence for In-House Agency Counsel.
Rachel Dougherty
Enterprise Contracts Counsel
[email protected]
Dorothy Lovejoy
Operations Manager
[email protected]
Luke Jannett
Acquisitions Manager
[email protected]
Doug Heeschen
Division Procurement Coordinator
[email protected]
Igbal Mohammed
Manager, Office of Equity in Procurement
[email protected]
Wendy Savakes, MMCAP Infuse Managing Director
[email protected]
James Babbit, Legal and Compliance Manager
[email protected]
Jim Losinski, Healthcare Products and Services Manager
[email protected]
Rose Svitak, Knowledge and Finance Manager
[email protected]
Targeted Group/Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Program
NASPO ValuePoint PC Contracts