"P" Contracts

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January 2003

January 2003

ORIGINAL: January 2003
LAST REVISED: August 2011
REVISION DATE: January 2016

I. Purpose

The purpose of this policy is to define a procedure for the use of “P” Contracts.

II. Procedure

The Purchasing Department has hundreds of commodity contracts on file. These contracts, known as “P” contracts are regularly issued and updated by the Office of General Services for use by State agencies. These contracts can be found online.

For searching for a State contract online, go to www.ogs.state.ny.us .

• under ‘For Government’, click on Contracts & Purchasing
• click on Contracts – Search or Browse
• click on Search Contracts
• under ‘Enter Your Query Below’, type office supplies, furniture, etc. or vendor name
• or under ‘Group Number’, input commodity number (see Policy #502 for listing).

For an alphabetized list of commodities online, go to www.ogs.state.ny.us .

• under ‘For Government’, click on Contracts & Purchasing
• click on Contracts – Search or Browse
• click on Commodities Contracts