Programs & Services

The State of California purchases a wide variety of goods and services ranging from pencils to temporary labor.  Annual purchases total almost $10 billion.  The Procurement Division is the central purchasing authority for all state departments and local government agencies.

With a massive marketplace and billions of dollars in purchasing power, California offers abundant opportunities for vendors offering various good and services.

CAL-Card

The CAL-Card (Visa card, US Bank) Program is available to goverment/tax-funded agencies for acquiring goods and services.
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California Procurement & Contracting Academy (Cal-PCA)

The California Procurement & Contracting Academy (Cal-PCA) provides free professional development courses and seminars to the state procurement and contracting community, so they can acquire essential knowledge that will improve the state's contracting processes.
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Delegated Purchasing Authority

Statutory authority for the competitive and non-competitive procurement goods and services for state government.
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Dispute Resolution

The Dispute Resolution team facilitates and mediates resolution of purchasing disputes, relative to the acquisition of goods and information technology goods and services.
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eProcurement

Procurement Division's eProcurement, a one-stop shop for bidding and viewing state contracts handled by the Procurement Division.
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State Financial Marketplace

The Department of General Services, Procurement Division has established nationally recognized, award-winning financing and acquisition payment programs that serve all California governmental entities. The programs include: GS $Mart, a purchase finance program; Lease $Mart, a lease finance program; and, Energy $Mart, an Energy Management finance program.
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Leveraged Procurement Agreements (LPAs)

Leveraged Procurement Agreements (LPAs) allow departments to buy directly from suppliers through existing contracts and agreements.
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Model Language

Model Language is to be used for all commodity and Information Technology (IT) contracts.
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The Office of Policies, Procedures and Legislation (OPPL)

The Office of Policies, Procedures and Legislation (OPPL) develops, maintains, and disseminates uniform statewide acquisition policies and procedures.
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One-Time Acquisitions

The Procurement Division's One-Time Acquisitions (OTA) Unit conducts procurements on behalf of state departments for purchases that exceed a department's delegated purchasing authority.
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Office of Small Business & Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services (OSDS)

The Office of Small Business & Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services.
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Engineering & Specification Development

The Engineering Branch administers two of the Department of General Services Procurement programs: Standards and Quality Control and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing. Together, Standards and Quality Control and Environmentally Preferable Purchasing, provide professional, technical expertise to assist our customers in fulfilling their mission. The Branch offers a broad range of procurement engineering services.
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Technology Acquisitions Branch (TAB)

Authority for acquisition of IT goods and services for state government resides with the Department of General Services.
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Transportation Management

Audit of freight bills, a source of information for the "who/what/why and how much" for services in the following areas: Office Moves, Employee Relocations, General Freight & Small Parcel Delivery.
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