Oregon Procurement Guidelines: Safer products, innovative materials

By Roger McFadden and Colin Price (photo of OEC interns by Simon Tam) Oregon Department of Administrative Services, the public agency that is responsible for purchasing goods and services on behalf of the entire state government, recently announced improvements to the way they make procurement decisions – in other words, the way they decide what to buy. We believe these changes represent important steps forward that will reduce risk to people and the environment, save taxpayers money, and create new business opportunities for innovators and entrepreneurs. Specifically, DAS is adopting guidelines to help agencies buy and use products that are ...