Procurement

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Management of the Procurement Process

• SO60 The State Must Create a New Procurement Organizational Structure to Maximize Efficiency and Minimize Costs
• SO61 The State Needs to Professionalize its State Procurement Workforce
• SO62 Eliminate a Major Source of Conflict Between the Central Procurement Agency and its Clients
• SO63 Consolidate and Simplify Procurement Statutes and Policies
• SO64 Streamline and Reform the Vendor Protest Process Used in the Procurement of Goods and Services
• SO65 Remove Bidding Preferences From State Contracting Programs
• SO66 Eliminate Duplicative Reports

Make the Procurement Process More Efficient and Cost Effective

• SO67 Procurement of Prison Industry Authority Products
• SO68 Establish Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Set-Asides
• SO69 Create Efficiencies and Cost Savings by Establishing a Central Supplier-Based Management System
• SO70 Taking Steps to Contain State Drug Costs
• SO71 Increase the Use of Performance-Based Contracting
• SO72 Implementing More Strategic Sourcing Procurement Strategies
• SO73 Create a Statewide Contract Management Policy
• SO74 Alternative Service Delivery Techniques and Competition in the State’s Procurement of Goods and Services
• SO75 California Can Save Millions of Dollars by Modernizing its Procurement System
• SO76 State Needs To Reduce Late Payment Penalties, Increase Early Payment Discounts
• SO77 Using the Reverse Auction Procurement Method to Save Millions
• SO78 California Can Save Millions by Utilizing the General Services Administration’s Advantage Program to Purchase Goods and Services
• SO79 Make Use of All Purchasing Methods Available to Ensure Lowest Costs
• SO80 Using Innovative Techniques to Enhance Sale of State Surplus Property (pdf)