Operating with New Efficiency (ONE) Indiana
OneIndiana is a program that was developed to improve the state's sourcing and negotiating leverage to benefit the state's overall budget.
OneIndiana has four key goals:
- Identify and improve the ways Indiana government buys goods and services through statewide collaboration among agencies.
- Identify and create savings for taxpayers by lowering prices and achieving better value on commonly purchased goods and services through effectively leveraging the state's purchasing volume.
- Evaluate specifications of goods and services being bought to ensure the optimal use of state dollars.
- Transfer knowledge to state procurement professional in procurement best practices.
An Approach that Works
The State’s OneIndiana initiative is a strategic sourcing project which enhances the State’s purchasing power by directing State agency purchasing to a single source for like products and services. To date, the state has analyzed spend in over 50 purchasing categories, reviewed and re-written specs to meet the needs of multiple agencies and locals, and negotiated new contracts that leverage the state’s aggregate volume. These actions have resulted in lower prices on thousands of goods and services from hundreds of vendors. Estimated savings from the initiative totals more than $190 million.