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Procurement News - 2019 Legislative Summary

July 24, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

• HB 1360 – Bid requirements for park districts – allows them to use cooperative purchase contracts with the office of management and budget. All contracts exceeding fifty thousand dollars must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement in the official newspaper of the municipality once each week for two successive weeks.
• HB 1432 – Adds language for county commissioners to purchase used road machinery as surplus property from the office of management and budget.

Printing and Mailing: Saving Time and Money

July 24, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

State law gives the OMB the authority to operate a centralized printing operation. Central Duplicating and Mailing has production printing, finishing, inserting, and mailing equipment and the staff have specialized training in these areas. Agencies provide the electronic files and let Central Duplicating and Mailing do the rest! No need to stock up on envelopes or letterhead – they will print what is needed for your job.

Graphic Art Services

July 24, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

Central Duplicating has a graphic artist who can help your agency with the new state logo, document design and formatting electronic newsletters. Call Lorie Pletan at 701.328.2145 for assistance.

New Fiscal and Administrative Policy 120 - Vacant FTE Positions

July 11, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

Governor Burgum has signed Executive Order 2019-06, which rescinds Executive Order 2003-07. 

Interpreter Services State Contract #488

July 1, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

The State of North Dakota has finalized Contract #488 for Interpreter Services.

MRO Supplies NASPO ValuePoint State Contract #255-2

June 28, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

The State of ND has finalized all participating addendums (PA’s) for the cooperative purchase of MRO Supplies via the cooperative solicitation through NASPO ValuePoint and the state of Oregon!  The awarded vendors include:  Grainger, Fastenal, MSC Industrial Supply, Noble Supply and Logistics, Hilti, Inc., and Supply Chimp.

Dry Cell Battery State Contract #011

June 28, 2019 | Posted in: Agency, Public

Effective July 1, 2019 Innovative Office Solutions is the contractor for Dry Cell Batteries, State Contract #11.   The contract was recently re-solicited and Innovative Office Solutions was the lowest bidder.

This is a mandatory contract for state agencies and has cooperative purchasing language to allow cities, counties, public school districts and NDUS to use the contract. 

Rental Equipment State Contract #370

June 28, 2019 | Posted in: Agency, Public

The State Procurement Office is excited to announce a new state contract (#370) for Rental Equipment! View the line card to browse the variety of equipment categories which is now available to rent under contract.  Branch locations and contacts are below.

State Contract 370 Overview

State Procurement Templates

June 21, 2019 | Posted in: Agency

The Request for Proposal (RFP) template and supporting templates have been updated on OMB's website. Please begin using the updated templates and share this information with other Procurement Officers in your agency.