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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Forwarded on behalf of OregonBuys.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 27, 2021 10:26 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> HAMILTON Robert W * DAS <Robert.W.HAMILTON@oregon.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> OregonBuys Project eNewsletter | May 2021 edition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:white">Project eNewsletter | May 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Project update<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN) Replacement Go-live is only 4-weeks away! Preparations are at full steam ahead as we get ready for the switch to OregonBuys. The project team
and agencies with core teams are focusing on configuration checklists, user lists, active contracts, and reviewing enterprise processes to determine how they relate to agency processes.<br>
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We’re happy to share that the Phase 1 schedule is on track and our next steps towards ORPIN Replacement Go-live are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">We know that state agency procurement activity must continue during this period. Here’s a list of the procurement related work agencies can do throughout the blackout:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">State agency staff can sign up now for OregonBuys training. Virtual courses are available based on these user roles of the OregonBuys system:
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<em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">*Note: trainings will move to the new Workday Learning Management System in mid-June.</span></em><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"><br>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The Oregon Procurement Information Network (ORPIN) is being replaced on July 1, 2021, with OregonBuys. When the switch happens, suppliers must be registered in OregonBuys to continue doing business
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