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Committee accepts auditor’s report urging higher procurement thresholds, regular CPI updates
Summary
The Policy & Services Committee unanimously recommended accepting an auditor advisory report that found Palo Alto’s solicitation and signature thresholds lag peer cities and recommended raising thresholds, adding CPI adjustments, and considering exemptions for specialized services.
The Policy & Services Committee unanimously recommended that the City Council accept an auditor advisory report that found the city’s contract solicitation and signature authority thresholds have not kept pace with rising costs and peer practices.
Kate Murdoch, city auditor, told the committee the review benchmarked 15 peer agencies and found roughly half had adopted the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCA), which sets construction bidding thresholds (CUPCCA currently sets the formal bidding threshold at…
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