Written notification from a vendor raising issues or concerns with the solicitation requirements and/or evaluation process in regard to an open competitive procurement.

A documented and formal process providing an equal and open opportunity to bidders and culminating in a selection based on predetermined criteria

Competitive solicitation; document formal process providing an equal and open opportunity to bidders and culminating in a selection based on predetermined criteria. Includes process such as: creating RFx; posting RFx; receiving bids; bid evaluation; contract negotiations; award notification to bidders; debrief/protests; and contract execution.

An application used by Higher Education institutions to prepare data for use in the Compensation Impact Model.

An application used by the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to estimate costs of collective bargaining & budget proposals, as well as the effect on state agency budgets due to changes in salary and benefit costs.

This is the State of Washington including all agencies, higher education and other entities. The Company Code has one tax ID number.

A group of people who share a professional interest or common desire to learn more about a particular subject area or develop a certain skillset; in the context of One Washington, these mainly exist for OCM and the five core process areas, and can exist within or across agencies.

The National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) commodity code is a coding taxonomy used primarily to classify products and services procured by state and local governments in North America are a universal taxonomy for identifying commodities and services in procurement systems. It is available as a 3-digit class code, a 5-digit class-item code, a 7-digit class-item-group code, and a detailed 11-digit code. Vendors can register for the commodity codes that best fit the goods or services they provide.

The process for achieving, verifying, and documenting that the performance of a building and its various systems meet design intent together with the owner and occupants' operational needs. The process extends through all phases of a project, from initial concept to occupancy and operation, and includes the training of maintenance personnel.

A mutual obligation of the state and of employees' exclusive bargaining representatives to meet at reasonable times and bargain in good faith to reach agreement on wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment as defined in RCW 41.80.