The Enterprise Sourcing and Procurement division supports Minnesota State colleges and universities by providing oversight and leadership of procurement practices of all products and services in a socially, environmentally, equitable, and sustainable manner. We are responsible to provide efficiencies, compliance, accountability, diversity, sustainability, quality of purchasing, policies and procedures which meets the strategic goal of being the highest value and most affordable higher education option.
Any questions or suggestions may be shared with Sourcing@MinnState.edu.
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As we close out FY20, I am happy to announce that all 37 Minnesota State institutions are fully utilizing the purchasing and contracting module in Marketplace. The Procurement team is now working on building the Sourcing module and process with the goal of implementation by the end of this calendar year. We have 11 colleges and universities piloting sourcing with an aggressive measure for Targeted Group Businesses.
The Procurement team is also implementing Spend Radar with colleges and universities to gain visibility of their data to make better sourcing and supplier decisions. There are currently seven institutions using this module and seven more in progress.
This is all a huge undertaking and we appreciate everyone's patience and willingness to adapt to new innovative ways of doing business.
All purchases of goods and services must be made in accordance with Minnesota State policies and procedures. Adhering to these ensure that procurement activities will be done in an open and competitive, ethical and equitable, and fiscal and compliance responsible manner which ensures that all prices paid by colleges and universities will be fair and reasonable.
All colleges and universities are encouraged to adopt Marketplace as their primary method of supply purchasing. It has guaranteed contract pricing, electronic invoicing, reporting, and is the most cost-effective purchasing process. While there are a variety of ways to purchase goods and services, utilizing the steps outlined allows us to negotiate the best prices with suppliers when purchasing as a collective system.
As we implement sourcing strategies we must be cognizant our values which extend beyond just finding a particular good or service for the best price and our intention is to foster relationships with key suppliers that embrace the system's values: price, quality, compliance, service, speed, local relationships, and targeted group businesses (minority, women, veteran, and disadvantaged businesses).
- Find Products & Services (Marketplace)
- Minnesota State Master Contracts
- Strategic Partners
- Contract Templates
- Employee Forms
- Marketplace Training & FAQ
- Strategic Sourcing
- Contract Manager (TCM)
- Marketplace Test site
- SharePoint
- Marketplace and Procurement Intranet webpage
NOTE: Some of these links lead to a secure site
To access:
User ID = yourstarid@minnstate.edu
Password = your starid password
Minnesota State is the third-largest system of higher education in the United States, serving nearly 350,000+ students and employing more than 16,000 faculty and staff each year. We continually seek vendors to fulfill purchasing and contracting needs for our 37 colleges and universities on 54 campuses across the state, as well as the system office.
Our values extend beyond just finding a particular good or service for the best price. Rather, it's our intention to foster relationships with vendors who embrace price, quality, compliance, service, and speed and we encourage local, women, minority, veteran, and economically disadvantaged businesses to inquire. We appreciate your interest in doing business with Minnesota State!
- Supplier Basics
- Opportunities to partner with Minnesota State
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Minnesota State only recognizes W/MBE certification from the following certifying agencies:
- State of Minnesota – Department of Administration
- City of Saint Paul Central (CERT) Program
- North Central Minority Supplier Development Council (regional affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council)
- Women’s Business Development Center (regional affiliate of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council)
General Information:
Procurement Department
30 East the Street, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101
Sourcing@MinnState.edu
Staff:
- Michael Noble-Olson
Chief Procurement Officer
Michael.Noble-Olson@MinnState.edu
651-201-1445 - Celena Monn
Communications Manager
Celena.Monn@MinnState.edu
651-201-1444 - Joan Anderl
Business Analyst
Joan.Anderl@MinnState.edu
651-201-1826 - Kathy Barta
eProcurement System Administrator
Kathy.Barta@MinnState.edu
651-201-1648 - Lori Mathews
eProcurement Support
Lori.Mathews@minnstate.edu
651-201-1687 - Robert Harper
Supplier Diversity
Robert.Harper@MinnState.edu
651-201-1442