Strategic sourcing acquires goods and services that exceed $75,000 for Indiana Department of Administration, state agencies and quasi-agencies. In addition, the department researches the state’s current spend to identify and capture efficiencies across multiple categories or contracts.
Team objectives
- Reduce the state’s operating cost through free, fair and competitive solicitations
- Provide excellent customer service while providing procurement expertise
- Continuous improvement of the procurement process
- Increasing procurement efficiency
Responsibilities
- Procure goods and services through specialized solicitation methods specific to IDOA strategic sourcing
- Focus on customer service to agencies and vendors to find creative and cost-effective solutions
- Ensure the solicitation’s scope of work and product bid list align with desired contract deliverables to meet the state's needs
- Project savings based upon past spend or budget projections to provide baseline to measure ongoing success of awarded contract
- Identify new sourcing initiatives where efficiency can be gained