For Agencies and Municipalities

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• A Programs and Services Overview of DAS Procurement

  DAS Procurement Services is comprised of the following five programs.

• DAS Fleet Daily Rental State Vehicles

  DAS offers a wide variety of vehicles for daily rentals for inter-agency use.

• DAS Collection Services

  The Collections department is made up of the Billing Unit, Recovery Unit, Delinquent Accounts Unit, and the Connecticut State Tax Intercept Program.

• Master Insurance Program Housing Authority

  The Department of Administrative Services Master Insurance Program offers all Housing Authorities across Connecticut the opportunity to obtain required insurance coverage through a sole source.

• DAS Procurement-Related Events

  Upcoming events where DAS Procurement Programs and Services will be attending or hosting, either in-person or virtually.

• National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), Fire Data Reports and Incident Counts

  The Office of Education and Data Management (OEDM) is responsible for maintaining Connecticut's statistics for the U.S. Fire Administration’s (USFA) database for the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS). The NFIRS data provides fire information at the local, state and national levels, and assists fire service agencies and public officials in identifying fire-related problems and trends.

• DAS Procurement Agency Procurement Manual

  The state government contracting process and procedures must be open, honest, fair and accessible at all times with competition being the backbone to the public procurement process.

• State Surplus Computers, Laptops & Hard Drives – State Agency Procedures to Surplus

  The process to surplus for reallocating state-owned computers, laptops and hard drives using the Department of Administrative Services State Surplus Property Program, which is the legally authorized agent in the State for the disposition of all usable surplus property.

• State Employees IT Communication Devices

  The Department of Administrative Services Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (BITS) Unified Communications Division maintains the computing devices that Executive Branch agencies use to conduct business.

• DAS and OPM - Waivers of the Bid Process

  Connecticut General Statute Section 4a-58 requires that the Department of Administrative Services post a listing of all contracts that were entered into as a result of a waiver of the competitive process.

• File School Construction Change Orders

  All school construction change orders or construction change directives must conform to the terms and conditions outlined in the Change Directives Bulletin dated 4/21/16, and the Bulletin of Common Change Order Ineligibilities dated 2/10/16.

• Distributed Platforms

  BITS Server Management offers secure highly available virtual hosting solutions for statewide applications and services.

• Data Integration

  Data Integration involves combining data residing in different sources and providing users with a unified view of these data.

• DAS Procurement State Contracts and Master Agreements for Agencies Municipalities Non-Profits

  The State Contracting Portal enables State Agencies, Municipalities and Certain Non-Profit Organizations to search for state solicitations, contracts, master agreements, and vendor information.