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Purchasing director outlines procurement rules, card program and contract thresholds
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Purchasing Director Terrence Wright briefed the board on procurement card usage, purchase order volumes, solicitation types, exemptions including piggybacking, and board reporting requirements; members asked about renewals, vendor management and sub‑contractor payments.
Purchasing Director Terrence Wright told the school board that his office processes thousands of transactions each year and enforces statutory and board policy controls for contracts and purchases.
Wright said the district issued 471 procurement cards in calendar year 2024 with about 23,000 transactions and $6,371,000 in transaction volume; the average card transaction was roughly $300. The district processed 8,529 purchase orders in fiscal 2023–24 totaling about $418 million with an average PO value of about $49,318, Wright said — figures that the office uses to select appropriate procurement methods.
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