Distribution and Support Services (DSS) maintains and operates a central facility for purchasing and distributing goods throughout the State of New Jersey, which is available to government purchasing agencies. DSS provides expertise in quality assurance and specification development. By buying in bulk and distributing to State agencies and other public purchasing agencies, DSS provides significant savings to all of its government customers and to New Jersey taxpayers. Order forms and price lists are now available on-line through the e-portal for those who are registered.

You can view DSS website at http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/dss/.

Public purchasing agencies using State contracts are required to inform the vendor of its duty to pay prevailing wages to its employees when required by State law, and to obtain certified payrolls within ten days of the contractors’ or subcontractors’ payday. Further information on prevailing wage rates is at http://www.nj.gov/labor/lsse/lspubcon.html.

Employers are required to pay prevailing wages, as determined by the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development, when the contracted services are for “public work” defined as construction, reconstruction, demolition, alteration, repair work or maintenance work including painting and decorating, paid for in whole or part out of public funds. The prevailing wage requirements also apply, whether or not the work is paid for from public funds, if at the time the contract is entered into: (1) not less than 55 percent of the property or premises is leased by a public body or is subject to an agreement to be subsequently leased by the public body, and (2) the portion of the property or premises leased or to be leased measures more than 20,000 square feet.

The total value of the project must be at least $11,892 if the work is being done for a municipality or $2,000 if the work is being done for any other public entity.