Ohio Department of Administrative Services
Ted Strickland, Governor 
Hugh Quill, Director

News Release

Office of Communications

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE          
June 4, 2007                                    
                                                             

State Printing accepting bids online

(Columbus) – To increase efficiency, printers interested in conducting business with the State of Ohio can bid on projects online now.

“Not only will the electronic process save the state time and money, we fully expect to see the number of bids – and therefore competition – increase under the new system,” said Joe Tucker, administrator of the Office of State Printing and Mail Services.

To submit bids electronically, printers log onto the commercial procurement section of the Web site of the Office of State Printing, http://gsdprint.das.ohio.gov/procure/index.html.The benefits of the new process include:

  • Making bidding on projects easier for printers, which should increase printer participation and competition, resulting in lower bids, saving tax dollars.
  • Streamlining the procurement process.
  • Providing printers electronic access to historical bid information to assist in bidding on reoccurring projects. Printers previously had to visit the Office of State Printing in person to review previous bids.
Previously, potential bidders had to print the bid document off the Internet, complete the information in the bid document and return the sealed document by mail or in person to the Office of State Printing, which is located at 4200 Surface Road, Columbus. A representative from the Office of the Auditor of State had to be present at the Office of State Printing to open and certify the bids. The new process allows the representative of the Auditor of State to certify the bids electronically, which will occur Wednesday for the first time.

The Office of State Printing oversaw the procurement of 2,672 printing projects through competitively bid term contracts and one-time purchases during fiscal year 2006, totaling more than $29 million.

The Office of State Printing is part of the Ohio Department of Administrative Services, which, under the leadership of Hugh Quill, provides central services to state agencies.

Media contact: Ron Sylvester, (614) 752-9521.


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