8.5. Team Georgia Marketplace™
Team Georgia Marketplace™ is provided by SPD
and its partners and serves as an online tool to support various state purchasing functions, including registration of suppliers, advertisement of contract opportunities, electronic bidding, and contracts management. SPD intends Team Georgia Marketplace™ to be the primary vehicle for all solicitations conducted by SPD as well as all state entities that are capable of becoming participating state entities. SPD will work with all participating state entities to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully utilize Team Georgia Marketplace™ and establish a date for each participating state entity to begin conducting all purchasing activity in Team Georgia Marketplace™ unless the State Purchasing Division Deputy Commissioner grants a written exception.
For all participating state entities, the following subsections identify applicable policy for use of Team Georgia Marketplace™, including eProcurement, the Virtual Catalog or the statewide contracts, Strategic Sourcing, and Supplier Contracts. The APO/CUPO of each state entity using Team Georgia Marketplace™ is responsible for ensuring all users (requestors, approvers, buyers, P-Card holders, etc.) of Team Georgia Marketplace™ adhere to applicable policy.