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Council approves $53,000 PO to Direct Plastics after vendor default on bag order
Summary
After the originally awarded vendor for city-produced bags became unresponsive and could not fulfill the order, council approved cancelling the original PO and authorizing a $53,000 purchase order to Direct Plastics to complete the Creekside order.
The Hutchinson City Council on Jan. 27 approved a replacement purchase order to Direct Plastics for $53,000 after the previously selected vendor (Salerno Packaging) failed to supply the full order of city bags.
City procurement staff said Salerno had shipped just over half the goods and had been unresponsive before notifying staff last week that it could not supply the remaining bags. Staff worked with the second-ranked vendor from the 2025 procurement process, which revised pricing to fill the remaining balance under a request-for-quote process (the remaining amount was below the public-bid threshold).
Council voted to cancel the original PO and authorize the $53,000 purchase order to Direct Plastics; the motion carried by voice vote. Staff characterized this as a vendor-default procurement remedy and said the purchase fits within existing procurement rules and budgets.
