On Wednesday, December 11th, the Operational Services Division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will be hosting “Introduction to Statewide Contracts and Available Resources Training”.

The goal is to expand your understanding of Statewide Contracts and to train you on the state’s online resources. The class will consist of a presentation of the benefits and uses of Statewide Contracts, with OSD presenters highlighting the most commonly used Statewide Contracts, as well as contracts of interest to Regional Planning Agency buyers.

Class highlights will include Accessing Statewide Contract resources, including the Statewide Contract Index, Contract User Guides for each contract, Vendor Lookup, and Tradesperson Index. Students will learn how to navigate the COMMBUYS landing page, access State documents, search for goods and services, and learn the steps to make a Punchout purchase through COMMBUYS, the state’s e-procurement system. The presentation will be informal with time for discussion of the buying process and Q&A.

Tentative Agenda:

Statewide Contract Overview
• OSD Overview and Best Practices
• Review list of all Statewide Contracts
• Highlight most used Contracts

Available Resources when using Statewide Contracts
• Review Contract User Guides – Contract Guidance/Rules of the Road/Quoting
• COMMBUYS Landing Page Overview
• Statewide Contract listing, Links, Resources and Help Desk Support

Demonstrations of:
• Tradesperson Index
• Searching:
o Vendors, products, and services
• Demo of COMMBUYS – PunchOut Purchasing

This will be a virtual session via Zoom. Please register HERE.