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Purchasing agent reports 180‑day solicitation target, Oracle Cloud launch and vendor‑outreach plan
Summary
Purchasing Agent Dennis told the Procurement Standards Board that four of five requested staff were added, the team has set a 'Metro 180' 180‑day solicitation target and is meeting timing targets, Oracle Cloud went live Jan. 2, 2026 with extensive training, and a vendor‑outreach effort aims to raise supplier responses by 25%.
At a meeting of the Procurement Standards Board, Purchasing Agent Dennis reported staffing gains, a new Metro 180‑day solicitation target and progress on the Oracle Cloud procurement system, saying the office is seeing early improvements in cycle times.
Dennis said the department received approval in the 2026 budget for four of the five resources it requested — three procurement buyers and one BAOO resource — and brought those hires onboard. "So 12 is now our target," he said, referring to the NIGP benchmark of about 12–13 solicitations per buyer as the staffing objective that allows work‑flow changes to take effect.
The report centered on three areas: resources, cycle‑time improvements and the Oracle Cloud implementation. Dennis described a Kaizen effort begun in June 2024 that produced a "Metro 180" 180‑day solicitation target after mapping a seven‑step process and identifying where time was…
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