Lege Trend. Procurement Trend. Expanded IT bidders.

State: Ohio

IT Procurement Issue: How to get innovative tech firms to bid on IT contracts, especially for data analytics.

The procurement change: Remove the old school, clunky procurement process

The procurement fix:

•  streamline the procurement process by creating a request for proposal that prequalifies companies to provide analytics according to a range of disciplines, such as fraud, auditing, risk management, public safety…
• remove the requirement that a vendor has to have worked for a state of similar size before the vendor works with Ohio

Governing | Letting the Little Guy In: How Ohio Expanded Its IT Expertise