Business Operations

The Business Operations Office provides support to all program units in the General Services Division, to other state agencies/departments, and to DAS internal/external customers. The services we provide are broad and in most cases touch all services provided by the General Services Division. Our core offices include: Business Office, Asset Management Services, State & Federal Surplus Services, OAKS CI (Capital Improvements) and OAKS FIN (Financials).
 

 

 

Business Office

The Business Office is responsible for coordinating GSD purchasing; budget preparation & policies; accounts payable; fiscal services; petty cash; controlling board requests; develops and implements customer rates; SWCAP and GAAP reporting; plans and manages capital improvement budget; and responds to internal/external customer and public inquires.  In addition, under the Business Office is the Accounts Receivable Section responsible for processing a variety of bills for services provided by GSD to state agencies and external customers; processing, recording, tracking, and reporting receivables & receipts; collecting vendor revenue share payments; processing state surplus refunds; completing annual SWCAP and GAAP reports; and responds to internal/external customer and public inquires.

Lori Weir, Business Office Manager, 614.995.2041                                                  
lori.weir@das.state.oh.us
 

Asset Management Services

Asset Management Services assists state agencies in fulfilling statutory requirements for maintaining, reporting and certifying state-owned assets; provides technical direction & assistance to agencies regarding asset management, transfers, termination of agencies, converting inventory, retirements, and reconciliation.

Fred Zabonik, Asset Management Manager, 614.752.0076                 
fred.zabonik@das.state.oh.us

 

State & Federal Surplus Services

State and Federal Surplus Services receives and disburses property declared as surplus because the items are damaged or at the end of its life cycle for government use.  Property is made available to other state agencies, state higher education facilities, tax-supported agencies, municipal corporations, and other political subdivisions of the state, including public schools. The remaining property is sold at public auctions held by State & Federal Surplus Services. State agencies and members of the Federal Surplus program can also acquire excess federal property through this office.

David Settlemire, State & Federal Surplus Manager, 614.466.6585       
david.settlemire@das.state.oh.us 

OAKS DAS FIN (Financials)

The OAKS DAS FIN team provides project management, training, and technical support to OAKS FIN users for the following modules: Strategic Sourcing (eBid), eProcurement (ePro), Purchasing (PO), Contracts Management (CM), & Asset Management (AM). The new eBid module enables 30,000 businesses to electronically bid on good and services with the State of Ohio. The OAKS DAS FIN team also provides support for the following OAKS applications: Customer Relations Management (CRM), Enterprise Learning Management (ELM), and Business Intelligence (BI). In addition, the team manages the Tier 2 and Tier 3 help desks for eBid, ePro, PO and AM, and it supports numerous projects (Administrative Business Process Improvements, Agency Integration, Communities of Practice, OAKS Internal Business Advisory Council, etc.) To view training information and the latest updates about the OAKS DAS FIN modules, please click here: https://myohio.oaks.ohio.gov/psp/PAPRD/EMPLOYEE/EMPL/h/?tab=OH_FIN_HOME

Jae Orme, Project Manager, 614.728.0179                      
jae.orme@das.state.oh.us

 

General Contact


Tammy Brown
Business Operations Administrator
Business Operations
General Services Division
Phone: 614.466.4459
Fax: 614.466.1040
Tammy.Brown@das.state.oh.us