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Bend subcommittee reviews procurement activity and spending patterns
Summary
City staff told the Procurement Subcommittee that over a recent biennium the city processed tens of thousands of small purchases and that most high-dollar contracting work is concentrated in a small number of formal solicitations.
The City of Bend Procurement Subcommittee heard staff describe how the city’s purchasing is concentrated in many low-dollar transactions while a comparatively small number of formal contracts account for the largest dollar values.
Subcommittee members met to discuss procurement thresholds, how departments use delegated purchase authority, and the consequences for vendor outreach and supplier-diversity efforts. Justin Sweet, a procurement staff member, led the presentation and provided the spending and transaction breakdowns.
Sweet said the city “spent over $50,000,000 on purchases that individually were valued at less than $25,000.” He told the subcommittee those small direct-award…
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