Town Manager seeks procurement-code update to reduce RFP burden, allow emergency spending up to $35,000
Town Manager Suzanne Harvey proposed revising procurement rules to require three quotes instead of RFPs for smaller projects and to permit the Town Manager to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000; the Town Attorney agreed and Mayor Wallace asked staff to draft an ordinance for the next meeting.
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Town Manager Suzanne Harvey asked the council to update the procurement code, noting the current $10,000 RFP threshold is outdated and deters vendors from submitting proposals for smaller projects. "It currently requires that any projects over $10,000.00 have to go through the RFP process," Harvey said, and she proposed instead requiring three quotes for smaller projects and enabling the Town Manager to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000.
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