A contract for Drug and Alcohol Testing was established to help agencies with staff holding commercial drivers' licenses to comply with the Omnibus Transportation Act of 1991. Other OGS service contracts regularly established are for Bottled Water, Lodging and Car Rentals. Future contracts will include additional travel contracts, database access services, technology advisory services and initiatives identified by the recently established OGS library advisory group. As the central contracting unit for New York State's service and technology needs, OGS establishes contracts for a wide variety of computer and telecommunications hardware, software, and services. OGS maintains office automation systems contracts which cover the full lines of hardware and software products from many of the computer industry's major manufacturers.
Some contracts are in place for maintenance, training, and support and others are in development.
In the area of microcomputer hardware, a variety of popular brands, some of them assembled in New York State, are available. OGS also has contracts in place for most major brands of printers and printing systems, which include dot matrix, laser, band and line printers. In early 1995 OGS began establishing contracts for networking hardware and software. These contracts include such services as maintenance, training and support. In the telecommunications area, OGS maintains contracts for data communications equipment, dial modems, key systems and telephone equipment, and interactive voice response systems.