I.1. Introduction to the Manual

Welcome to the official procurement manual for the state of Georgia. The Georgia Procurement Manual (GPM) is the official source for all administrative rules issued by the Georgia Department of Administrative Services (DOAS) through its State Purchasing Division (SPD) to govern purchases made by certain state government entities. The GPMClosed serves as a resource for both suppliers desiring to do business with the state of Georgia and state procurement officials in the performance of their duties. In addition to identifying procurement rules, the GPMClosed presents a roadmap of the competitive solicitation process as well as key information concerning the electronic systems utilized by SPDClosed to support the procurement process.Questions or comments concerning the GPMClosed may be addressed to SPDClosed using the contact information in Table I.1:

 

Table I.1
SPDClosed Contact Information
Phone Number 404-657-6000
Email Address process.improvement@doas.ga.gov
Web www.doas.ga.gov

 

For your convenience, this manual uses several icons to identify the audience or the content of specific sections or paragraphs. Any time one of the icons identified in Table I.2 displays in front of a section or paragraph, it indicates:

 

Table I.2
List of Icons Used in this Document and Purpose

Icons Purpose Main Audience
 

Identifies the content of the section or paragraph to be important for the supplier population.

Suppliers
 

Identifies the content of the section or paragraph to have procedures on how Procurement Professionals perform a task or activity

Procurement Professionals

 

Identifies the content of the section or paragraph as important to Procurement Professionals and Suppliers as applicable.

  • Procurement Professionals
  • Suppliers
 

Identifies the content of the section or paragraph to be directed towards State Purchasing Division (SPD) staff.

SPDClosed staff