operational services division
E282318
The Operational Services Division is a Massachusetts state agency responsible for overseeing procurement, contracting, and related business services for government entities and public programs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operational Services Division (Massachusetts) | 1 |
| operational services division canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2607580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: operational services division Context triple: [Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance, hasDivision, operational services division]
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A.
Operational Services Administration
Operational Services Administration is a division within the Maryland Department of the Environment that provides internal administrative, operational, and support services to enable the agency’s environmental programs to function effectively.
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B.
External Services Division
The External Services Division is the international broadcasting arm of All India Radio that transmits news, cultural programs, and information about India to audiences abroad in multiple languages.
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C.
Office of Operations
The Office of Operations is a division within the Federal Highway Administration responsible for managing and improving the performance, reliability, and safety of the nation’s highway system through traffic operations and related programs.
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D.
administrative services division
The administrative services division is the support arm of the Prince George’s County Police Department responsible for managing functions such as personnel, finance, records, logistics, and other internal operations that enable the agency’s law enforcement work.
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E.
Department of Operational Support
The Department of Operational Support is a United Nations Secretariat department responsible for providing operational, logistical, and administrative support to UN peace operations and other field missions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: operational services division Target entity description: The Operational Services Division is a Massachusetts state agency responsible for overseeing procurement, contracting, and related business services for government entities and public programs.
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A.
Operational Services Administration
Operational Services Administration is a division within the Maryland Department of the Environment that provides internal administrative, operational, and support services to enable the agency’s environmental programs to function effectively.
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B.
External Services Division
The External Services Division is the international broadcasting arm of All India Radio that transmits news, cultural programs, and information about India to audiences abroad in multiple languages.
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C.
Office of Operations
The Office of Operations is a division within the Federal Highway Administration responsible for managing and improving the performance, reliability, and safety of the nation’s highway system through traffic operations and related programs.
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D.
administrative services division
The administrative services division is the support arm of the Prince George’s County Police Department responsible for managing functions such as personnel, finance, records, logistics, and other internal operations that enable the agency’s law enforcement work.
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E.
Department of Operational Support
The Department of Operational Support is a United Nations Secretariat department responsible for providing operational, logistical, and administrative support to UN peace operations and other field missions worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
procurement agency
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state government agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
achieve best value for taxpayer funds
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ensure fair and open competition in public purchasing ⓘ standardize procurement practices across state entities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| governs | statewide procurement regulations and guidelines ⓘ |
| hasScope |
public programs business services
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statewide procurement ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Massachusetts
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surface form:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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| locatedIn | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| oversees |
COMMBUYS eProcurement system
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eProcurement systems ⓘ procurement ⓘ procurement compliance ⓘ public contracting ⓘ purchasing policy ⓘ statewide contracts ⓘ strategic sourcing ⓘ vendor management ⓘ |
| partOf |
Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance
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surface form:
Executive Office for Administration and Finance of Massachusetts
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| responsibleFor |
establishing statewide contracts for goods and services
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issuing procurement policies and procedures ⓘ oversight of environmentally preferable purchasing initiatives ⓘ oversight of fleet and vehicle acquisition policies ⓘ oversight of state purchasing cards programs ⓘ oversight of surplus property disposition ⓘ supporting eligible non‑profit organizations in procurement ⓘ supporting executive branch agencies in procurement ⓘ supporting municipalities in procurement ⓘ supporting public authorities in procurement ⓘ training on public procurement for government staff ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| website | https://www.mass.gov/orgs/operational-services-division ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Massachusetts municipalities
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Government of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts state agencies
non‑profit organizations eligible for state contracts ⓘ public higher education institutions in Massachusetts ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: operational services division Description of subject: The Operational Services Division is a Massachusetts state agency responsible for overseeing procurement, contracting, and related business services for government entities and public programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance
→
hasDivision
→
operational services division
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this entity surface form:
Operational Services Division (Massachusetts)