Vermont officials assured lawmakers Tuesday the state’s ambitious new procurement system, VTBuys, is working after a rocky initial rollout .

As of this week, the one-stop shop for state contracting and vendor payment has registered almost 10,000 suppliers and processed $24 million in invoices, according to Wanda Minoli, commissioner of the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services, which oversees state procurement.

“It wasn’t smooth for everyone,” Minoli told lawmakers at a Joint Information Technology Oversight Committee meeting, describing the transition to VTBuys. “We got through it.”

VTBuys is a joint project of the Department of Buildings and General Services — which houses the state’s Office of Purchasing and Contracting — and the Vermont Agency of Digital Services. Y

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