Town Manager to draft procurement-code changes to lower RFP burden, increase emergency authority
Manager Suzanne Harvey proposed reducing the RFP threshold (currently $10,000) to require three quotes rather than full RFPs for modest purchases and asked that the Town Manager be empowered to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000; Council directed staff to return with an ordinance.
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Manager Suzanne Harvey told council the procurement code had not been updated in years and that the current RFP threshold—cited in the minutes as $10,000—discourages vendors from submitting small RFPs. She proposed requiring three quotes instead of a full RFP for modest purchases and asked that the Town Manager be authorized to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000.
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