DAS briefs subcommittee on Oregon Buys rollout, costs and reporting features

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Feb. 27, 2025, the General Government Subcommittee heard an informational briefing from the Department of Administrative Services on Oregon Buys, the state’s e‑procurement system, including its rollout, funding and reporting capabilities.

Oregon Buys is the state’s e‑procurement system, Debbie Dennis, Chief Administrative Officer and Deputy Director at the Department of Administrative Services, told the committee. The system is the state’s system of record for procurement activity, she said, from posting solicitations through purchase orders and payment.

The briefing explained why the system was built and how it now works. Nicole Bridal, eProcurement Program Manager for DAS State Procurement Services, said the project replaced the prior procurement site and moved agencies and ORCAT local‑government partners into a single platform. “We moved Orpen into a read only environment and, started using Oregon Buys all on 1 day,” Bridal said, referring to the transition for sourcing functions in July 2021. Bridal described a second phase that added procure‑to‑pay functions in three waves (wave 1: Aug. 1, 2022; wave 2: May 2023; wave 3: Sept. 2023).

Why it matters: committee members flagged transparency and oversight as key benefits. DAS officials…