The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) complies with Enterprise Services Policy No. POL-DES-090-06 on Supplier Diversity. The executive leader assigned to increasing the agency’s spending with small, diverse, and veteran-owned businesses is the OIC's Chief Deputy Charles Malone. You can contact our OIC Supplier Diversity Executive Leader Charles with any questions about OIC's compliance with the policy.

Procurement forecast

Each year, we forecast our known procurement needs. These include:

  • Competitive procurements
  • Anticipated sole-source procurements
  • Procurements with a statement of work
  • Non-competitive procurements worth more than twenty-thousand dollars for direct buy and client service contracts

See our 2024-2025 Procurement Forecast (XLSX 41.04KB) for details.

When we issue procurements

We issue procurements when a purchase is more than our $30,000 direct buy limit. The buy limit increases to $40,000 if it is from a small business as defined by RCW 39.26.010(22); or from a certified veteran-owned business.

Available procurements

We use Washington's Electronic Business Solution (WEBS) to post notices for all competitive procurements. You can register with WEBS to get updates about our contracting opportunities.

For details, view our current contracting opportunities.

How to respond to a procurement

  1. Download the procurements document(s) on Washington's Electronic Business Solution (WEBS). This lets you see any amendments to the procurement. You're responsible for checking WEBS for updates to the procurement.
  2. Ensure you read and understand the procurement document(s).
  3. Contact the procurement coordinator listed in the document if you have any questions.
  4. Submit questions by the due date listed in the document.
  5. Go to any preproposal conferences.
  6. Follow the instructions in the proposal when answering the procurement. This helps ensure you haven't missed anything and helps our scoring team review your proposal.
  7. Include all required attachments and signatures.

How we choose vendors

  • A scoring team of at least three people will review the responses and grade them against the procurement's requirements.
  • We may send questions to vendors.
  • Based on the scoring method, we'll choose the vendor that best fits the requirements.
  • We'll announce the successful vendor to all vendors who responded.
  • After the announcement, we'll post the scores on our website. Also, the public will be able to see all bids at that time.