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Increasing Small and Diverse Business Participation Using State Master Contracts
Our goal is to increase small and diverse business participation in state master contracts.
This includes boosting participation for Washington‐certified diverse businesses including: Small businesses, state
Office of Minority & Women’s Business Enterprise‐, and Department of Veteran Affairs‐certified businesses. Since
state agencies are required to use master contracts for a significant part of their procurement needs, our master
contracts need to support inclusion for small and diverse businesses.
Market surveys and top‐flight legal guidance help us reach this goal.
Small business surveys, through local chambers of commerce, help us understand barriers.
We have been listening to the experience of the diverse businesses who are vendors on state master contracts –
including both successful and unsuccessful vendors.
We’re working with the Attorney General’s Office to develop a new understanding of diverse business
opportunities within current state laws and rules.
We are already exploring some ideas for upcoming master contracts. For example:
Could inclusion plans for large master contracts be structured to promote subcontracting opportunities?
Are regional contracts more practical for small businesses than statewide contracts?
We are creating a business data practice to identify contracting opportunities.
Regularly examining budget activity for reoccurring needs and new contracting opportunities.
Scheduling business diversity readiness activities into known procurement cycles.
Refining forms and processes, while coordinating with other state agencies, so we are aware of the level of
diverse business subcontractor participation within state master contracts.
We are working to standardize state goods and services procurement practices.
In the past, businesses have been discouraged by different procurement practices from agency to agency.
However, under state procurement reform measures, state agencies now have a consistent across‐the‐board
process to follow.
In addition, DES is delivering new and standardized procurement and contract training to approximately 9,000
state employees who will be certified by the department.
This will give businesses a consistent experience when dealing with any Washington state agency.
Current posted contract opportunities for goods and services are posted on Enterprise Services’ bid calendar at:
http://bit.ly/BidCalendarDES.
For more information, please contact DES Master Contracts at (360) 407‐2210 or at
Current Master Contracts
Current master contracts and their vendors can be viewed by going to the DES Current Contracts web page at:
http://bit.ly/ContractVendorListing.
As of March 20, 2015, the following business diversity profile exists:
34 unique master contract relationships with WA State Certified veteran owned businesses or 2.3% of the 1,437
unique master contract relationships with all businesses.
64 unique master contract relationships with WA State Certified woman owned businesses or 4.45% of the 1,437
unique master contract relationships with all businesses.
60 unique master contract relationships with WA State Certified minority owned businesses or 4.17% of the
1,437 unique master contract relationships with all businesses.
Sample ‐ Master Contracts Diverse Business Opportunity and Utilization Report (March 2015)
Contract # Vendor Name Contract Title Exp. Date Diversity Veteran
32010
BERK CONSULTING INC. ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PERSONAL SERVICES 6/30/2015 W N
05613
ACCEL BI ITPS – IT BUSINESS ANALYSIS 7/31/2019 M N
09212
ABN TECHNOLOGIES LLC IT PROFESSIONAL SERV 6/30/2015 Y
08409 QUALITY DISCOUNT SUPPLIES
& SERVICES DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEM (HOMELAND SECURITY) 2/16/2016 M Y
Planned Master Contracts
To view our planned procurement report and identify master contracts currently in development, go to: http://bit.ly/UpcomingProcurementsDES.
Contract # Contract Title Est. Term Worth Contract # Contract Title Est. Term Worth
00215 WSCA‐NASPO Managed Print
Services
Estimate pending 08714 Food Service Disposables Estimate pending
00515 Scrap Metal Collection &
Recycling $1,800,000
09312 Data Encryption Estimate pending
07714 Frozen, Chilled, Dried &
Canned Food $34,250,000
09812 Fire Protection Services ‐
WSCA $650,052
02814 WSCA‐NASPO Online Auction
Services $7,250,000
00615 Recycling Services‐Electronics
& Spent Light $800,000
03514 INTERPRETER SERVICES,
SPOKEN (CERTIFIED & NON) $1,483,808
04814 Security Technology Services $1,000,000
03614 Hazardous Waste Handling
and Disposal Service Estimate pending
07912 WSCA Multifunction Copiers
& Related Software $30,000,000
05614 Interpreter Services,
Telephone WSCA $3,130,232
