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Goodyear staff propose procurement-code updates: raise formal bid threshold to $100,000, allow larger job-order contracts
Summary
Finance staff proposed updating the city procurement code to raise the formal procurement threshold from $50,000 to $100,000, set a job-order contracting cap at $5 million, and tie expenditure authority for items $500,000 and above to the annual budget adoption; council raised questions about oversight and the size of the job-order cap.
The Goodyear finance department presented proposed updates to the city’s procurement code that would raise the formal procurement threshold, set a higher cap for job-order contracting, and adopt a new process for expenditure authority tied to the annual budget.
Finance Director Jared Askelson told the council the procurement code had not been updated since 2008 and that the proposal would modernize definitions, formalize processes for electronic procurement, and adjust procurement thresholds. Askelson said the city currently requires formal procurement for purchases of $50,000 or more and recommended raising that threshold to $100,000 to align with peer cities.
Deputy Finance Director Kevin Custer described formal procurement as a managed process — public advertisement, selection…
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