Rev.: Date October 17, 2007

NYS Procurement Bulletin

Discretionary Purchasing Guidelines   http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/procurecounc/pdfdoc/10-2007Attachment_3.pdf

The Discretionary Buying Threshold for services and commodities, not available from

Preferred Sources or from the OGS Centralized Contracts, is generally $50,000 for State

agencies and $85,000 for OGS. The threshold is increased to $100,000 for purchases

from a NYS small business; a firm certified as a Minority and/or Women Owned Business

Enterprise (M/WBE) by the New York State Department of Economic Development; or

for purchases of commodities or technology that are recycled or remanufactured (State