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County attorney recommends wholesale procurement policy rewrite; staff to deliver revised policy by next meeting
Summary
County attorney told commissioners the county's procurement policy requires a wholesale rewrite to modernize bidding, vendor ranking and negotiation procedures; staff said a new draft will be ready before upcoming bid response deadlines and recommended a workshop with contracting stakeholders.
Gadsden County’s attorney told commissioners he had begun a review of the county procurement policy and concluded the policy requires a wholesale rewrite rather than piecemeal amendments.
The attorney said he compared procurement procedures in similar counties and found multiple ‘‘flags’’ and outdated provisions about how bids are opened, how negotiation teams operate and how…
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