OHIO K-12 SCHOOL COMPUTER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PURCHASING DIRECTORY RFI As K-12 Ohio School Districts are finalizing their remote learning plans for the upcoming school year, one need that has arisen is a centralized, organized, transparent listing of products and services available for purchase by the School Districts. To assist in this undertaking, the State of Ohio has offered to create an informational webpage that provides School Districts and their partner Information Technology Centers with this information.
How to do Business with the State MBE Webinar We want to do business with you! The Office of Procurement Services presents How to do Business with the State. This webinar will help vendors navigate the procurement website, learn what the state buys, purchasing requirements, procurement mechanisms, as well as how to respond to bids. Click to register, and the recorder webinar will begin.
Ohio|Buys Operated by the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, Ohio|Buys is currently available to a dozen State agencies. Our website provides details for Agencies, Bidders and Suppliers.
Statewide Standard "Enterprise Client Computer Hardware" (Desktops, Notebooks, Ultrabooks, and LCDs) The DAS Office of Information Technology recently updated the Dell, HP and Lenovo Statewide Enterprise Buy Catalogs to reflect changes in Intel chipset technology. The statewide enterprise buys also are available to all local government entities registered through the Cooperative Purchasing Program.
Procurement Survey: Ohio Ties for Fifth Ohio did very well in the Governing Institute’s inaugural Governing Procurement Survey of the States. Out of the 37 states responding to the survey, the State of Ohio tied for fifth overall with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts based on the procurement policies, programs and practices detailed for 10 categories.
Cleveland Sight Center - Dedicated Community Rehabilitation Program Cleveland Sight Center (CSC) partners with the Ohio Departments of Education, Health, Taxation as well as the Secretary of State and TourismOhio to provide call center services. Cleveland Sight Center is the only organization in Northeast Ohio that offers comprehensive services for individuals who are blind or who have experienced vision loss.

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