Committee recommends adoption of iterative procurement ordinance updates after DAS presentation
The committee voted 5-0 to recommend adoption of an ordinance amending and renumbering procurement-related sections in chapters 32 and 56 of the Milwaukee County Code after a Department of Administrative Services presentation about a new AMOP and mandatory training for procurement staff.
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Amy Turham, deputy director of the Department of Administrative Services, presented proposed iterative updates to procurement and contracting rules and explained why the department advanced a countywide AMOP (Administrative Manual of Procedures) before completing all ordinance changes. "We developed these iterative updates with the office of corporation counsel and submitted this with their strong support," Turham said, and described a new AMOP (15.01) that expands coverage from contracting to the whole procurement life cycle and includes 18 attachments with more to come.
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