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County procurement seeks vendor‑outreach coordinator, readies policies after state purchasing threshold change
Summary
The county purchasing director asked commissioners to fund a new vendor‑outreach coordinator to centralize vendor onboarding and fraud prevention and said procurement will update county P‑card and purchasing policies in response to state law changes raising competitive thresholds.
The county purchasing director updated the court on procurement operations and asked for a new vendor outreach coordinator position to centralize vendor onboarding, reduce fraud risk and free buyers to focus on RFPs and cooperative purchasing.
Why it matters: Departments reported rising vendor onboarding workload, partly driven by social service and general assistance payments that require the procurement office to validate vendors before the county issues checks. That effort is time‑consuming and has grown as new, small or out‑of‑area vendors are used…
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