Town manager to propose procurement code changes to reduce RFP burden and raise emergency spending authority
Manager Suzanne Harvey told council the procurement code requires RFPs for projects over $10,000, discouraging bidders; she proposed three quotes for smaller projects and authority for the Town Manager to approve emergency expenditures up to $35,000 and was directed to bring an ordinance back.
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Town Manager Suzanne Harvey told the council the current procurement code requires requests for proposals for projects over $10,000 and suggested that rule discourages vendors from bidding on smaller projects. "It currently requires that any projects over $10,000.00 have to go through the RFP process," Harvey said, adding that a three-quote requirement would be more practical for modest expenditures.
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