Purchasing & Vendor Services

The Purchasing Team provides acquisition services, ensures compliance with all regulations, rules,
policies, procedures related to IT purchasing and provides purchasing leadership and management for OIT, Executive Branch Agencies and vendors. Areas of responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 
  • Manages the sourcing (bidding), awarding and buying of all types of goods and services; 
  • Conducts the debriefing meetings with vendors on specific solicitations;
  • Provides training to vendors and state employees on how to purchase IT products/services; 
  • Meets with vendors who wish to do business with OIT;
  • Informs internal and external customers and vendors about the state purchasing and bidding process;
  • Establishes Enterprise Agreements for IT products and services;
  • Administers the OIT Commercial Card (procurement and travel) program; and
  • Oversees the vendor who provides temporary IT staffing for OIT.
Vendors: Please use oit_purchasing@state.co.us to contact the Purchasing Team. You may also click here for News and Vendor Alerts.

CORA/Colorado Open Records Requests

Pursuant to C.R.S. §24-72-205, OIT does not impose a charge for the first hour of time expended in connection with the research and retrieval of public records. After the first hour, OIT charges $25 per hour for the research and retrieval of public records. When the number of pages produced in response to a records request exceeds 25 pages, OIT will charge $0.25 per page for all documents photocopied. CORA requests made of OIT should be submitted in writing, via email, to oit_cora@state.co.us.