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Department of Administrative Services

General Services

state_capitolGeneral Services is comprised of the following service areas: Architectural and Engineering, Capitol Complex Maintenance, Fleet and Mail, Lease and Space Management, Procurement, Employee Safety Program and State Buildings, Properties and Monuments. General Services maintain all Capitol Complex buildings, grounds, monuments and manages the operation of the state fleet of vehicles, provides mail services to state agencies, statewide architectural and engineering project management services for construction projects, and manages the procurement function for most executive branch agencies.

Did you know? General Services manages 200 acres of land valued at $17 million in and around the Capitol Complex and Ankeny Labs; processes nearly 12 million pieces of mail annually including 13,000 parcels; manages more than 850 contracts on behalf of other state agencies; manages a fleet program that annually uses more than 2,800 vehicles to drive more than 52 million miles and consume 2.3 million gallons of gas; purchases and assigns 600 new vehicles and auctions 600 used vehicles per year; cleans 1.9 million square feet of office space daily; was responsible for the 18-year exterior renovation of the Capitol at a cost of over $95 million; provides HVAC services for 14 buildings on the Complex and 5 buildings in Ankeny; maintains over 60 air handlers, over 30 electrical transformers, hundreds of breakers and several thousand light fixtures; replaces approximately 7,000 light bulbs every year; replaces 8,600 air filters yearly; maintains a 24/7 operation during the heating season; implements a comprehensive health and safety program for DAS employees and 15 Capitol Complex facilities; provides safety consultative services to Capitol Complex construction projects; manages new safety web pages, incorporated 482 material safety data sheets for greater accessibility to DAS employees working on the Capitol Complex; provides statewide architectural and engineering project management services for construction projects at facilities with more than 11.5 million square feet of space and managed by 12 state agencies and divisions; provides lease contract administration and space planning services for approximately 500,000 square feet of space in Polk County and contiguous counties; and provides space planning services to all capitol complex customers and assigns and certifies approximately 1.5 million square feet of space at the Capitol Complex and Ankeny Labs.

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