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Virgin Islands property and procurement officials report backlog, GVIbuy rollout issues and disputed leases
Summary
Officials from the Department of Property and Procurement told the Legislature on Feb. 24 that they are processing thousands of vendor registrations and hundreds of contracts but face delayed vendor payments, outstanding disaster‑recovery projects and a software integration issue delaying check releases from the new GVIbuy procurement system.
The Department of Property and Procurement told the Committee on Government Operations, Veterans Affairs and Consumer Protection on Feb. 24 that the agency is managing a large real‑property portfolio and a heavy contract workload while struggling with vendor payments and the final integration step of a new procurement platform.
The briefing came as Commissioner Lisa M. Alejandro and senior department staff described leases, capital projects and the agency's e‑procurement rollout. "The GVIbuy system is an e‑procurement system," Commissioner Alejandro said, adding it is intended to cover “the entire procurement process” from requisition to check release. She told senators the platform is live for requisitioning but that “the only issue we have right now is at the final end where the last approval, which is finance, presses a button and the check is printed through the Tyler Munis system.”
The department framed the update around three operational tracks: property and lease management, contract execution and vehicle/asset management. The property division…
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