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Council committee expands cityon-call professional services pool to 93 agreements
Summary
The Finance & Law Committee recommended amending two resolutions to increase the city's pool of on-call professional services master agreements from 52 to 93, raising vendor limits intended to widen procurement options and boost MWDBE participation. Committee members pressed OMB for details on per-vendor caps and oversight.
The Finance and Law Committee of the Pittsburgh City Council on June 25 recommended approval of two related resolutions (Bill 19‑40 and Bill 19‑41) to increase the number of authorized open-ended professional services master agreements the city may use to issue work orders.
The change amends earlier authorizations that originally allowed 52 master agreements and now would authorize a total of 93 agreements. Joshua Lamondi, Office of Management and Budget, told the committee the amendments "increase the vendor pool" for phase two of the citys Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) master agreements by adding 15 vendors to the pool.
Why it matters: Master agreements let city departments put qualified…
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