DAS Procurement Agency Procurement Manual

Cooperative Contracting

The Department of Administrative Services/Procurement Division (“DAS”), through CGS 4a-66(b), can approve agency use of certain federal government contracts including General Service Administration (“GSA”) contracts. In making such requests to DAS, the agency must provide written details about the federal or GSA contract they are interested in utilizing (i.e., contract number, description of services/goods desired, supplier, costs, etc), the justification and benefits of utilizing the contract, the rationale for not utilizing a DAS contract (if one exists) or for not solicitating separately, and any savings that would be achieved. 

All requests to use federal or GSA contracts should be submitted through Core-CT via an ePro requisition, DAS-BID, with attachments/documentation supporting the request.