Contract Board User Guide

Description

CTsource Contract Board User Guide Welcome to the State of Connecticut’s CTsource Contract Board! The Contract Board was activated in August 2020 and enables users to easily access and view State of Connecticut contract information. The Contract Board defaults to displaying all active contracts posted by State entities: • AGENCY CONTRACTS: Contracts bid and awarded by state agencies and political subdivisions under their delegated purchasing authority are posted to the Contract Board. • STATEWIDE CONTRACTS: All Statewide Contracts awarded by the Department of Administrative Services; Procurement Division (DAS) are posted to the Contract Board. These contracts including associated contract documents can be easily found by selecting the filter Organization name: o State of CT – DAS Procurement. DAS statewide contracts are either a single supplier or multiple supplier contracts. Specific instructions included within the contract documents provide details as to how to use the contract. How to Conduct a Search on the Contract Board The Contract Board allows one to view active and expired contracts. By default, all active contracts posted on the contract board will be listed. The Contract Board has fields and filters to narrow search capabilities, including being able to search by supplier/contractor name and/or commodity codes. Note: the search functionality is dynamic and will only return matching results found within the fields on the Contract Board Summary page. Keyword search functionality is not available. The quickest way to obtain contract details is by entering the contract number or the title in the Search field and contracts matching the search criteria will populate. • Use the Advanced Search icon to the right-hand side of the Search bar to reveal a Search By Supplier field. This field allows one to search by a particular supplier’s contracts. The supplier’s name will populate below the search box if it exists in CTsource. Note: One must enter a supplier’s name as it appears in CTsource. DBA (Doing Business As) information is not searchable via this search field. • Filter mechanisms available to narrow one’s search include the Status Filter, Type Filter, Organizations Filter, and the Commodities Filter as described below. Once a filter is used, one may choose another filter to further narrow the search.