The Ohio State University's Procurement Strategy is to utilize Contracts and Price Agreements that achieve the best possible value by aggregating volume and increasing the University's purchasing power, while complying with State requirements. Review the list of Contract and Price Agreement opportunities (shown below) that offer the benefits of lower procurement costs, higher vendor performance levels, and increased value-added services.

OSU Procurement
	ibuy | OSU's Procurement Gateway ibuy is a directory-style site filled with listings of preferred contracts and internal service units--much like an electronic yellow pages for university buying.
State of Ohio Procurement
	State of Ohio Contracts Ohio Industry for the Handicapped (OIH) Ohio Penal Industries (OPI)
IUCPG Price Agreements
	IUCPG Price Agreements Inter-University Council Purchasing Group (IUCPG) is a buying consortium commissioned by the Ohio Board of Regents (representing 38 state assisted institutions of higher education in Ohio)
COOPP Contracts
	COOPP Contracts Central Ohio Organization of Public Purchasers (COOPP) plan and pursue selected joint bidding opportunities in order to save direct and indirect costs for participating entities

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