Contract Summary

Commercial type Kitchen equipment, including commercial grade appliance, all forms of equipment such as bowls, mixing spoons, baking supplies, pots, skillets and ect.

Ranges, refrigerators, warmers, microwaves, pots, pans, baking equipment, serving equipment, cooking utensils.

Contract Benifits:

• Maximizes the state’s collective buying power
• Extremely competitive pricing
• Variety of choices and finishes
• Detailed vendor product website
This will be a catalog contract with a percentage off of the entire catalog.

OFM DECISION REGARDING PURCHASE OF MICROWAVE/REFRIGERATOR FOR STATE BREAKROOMS (11/18/10):

"It is OFM’s position that state funds may be used to provide adequate on-site facilities for employees to take breaks and eat lunch. This would include purchasing equipment such as tables, chairs, microwave ovens, refrigerators, etc. This is not viewed as personal use of state property since these facilities are located at the employees’ workplace and are used during required break and lunch periods. Furthermore, it is considered to be advantageous to the state to have employees on site during these periods." "In these economic times, many types of expenditures that are in the best interest of an agency – such as employee training – are not being approved. "...it is not OFM’s place to make a “decision” related to appliances in break rooms. That decision belongs to the agency head."