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Bid board approves one‑year extension, new rates for tax‑foreclosure title searches
Summary
The Board approved a one‑year contract extension for tax‑foreclosure title‑search services after vendors said their January bid assumed a mid‑contract pricing. The board voted to approve change order No. 1 with one abstention.
The Sedgwick County Board of Bids and Contracts on Feb. 27 approved change order No. 1 to extend title‑search services for tax‑foreclosure work for one year and to adopt updated vendor rates.
Joe Thomas of purchasing said the vendor originally quoted prices assuming a mid‑contract renewal and later revised them when staff discovered the contract was at its end. "So the salesman who originally quoted thought he was doing us a favor by saying, 'Oh yeah, just extend the price,'" Thomas said, explaining why the new pricing reflects a fresh one‑year extension rather than the previously quoted mid‑term rate.
Tammy Culley described the line‑item increases presented to the board: the first tier moved from $1.35 to $1.50 and the second tier from $1.75 to $2.00, with additional fees for chain‑of‑title reports. A board member recused from the item because tax foreclosure work is primarily handled in the treasurer's office. Committee member (speaker 5) moved to approve the change order; the motion passed on a voice vote with Tim Myers, Philip Trevold, Anna Meyer Hartfoe and Russell Leads voting aye and Brandy Bailey recorded as abstaining.
The board directed staff to combine the original request and the new pricing into a single contract that shows the prior bid and the updated rates, and staff said it will go out to RFP next year rather than seek another sole‑source extension.
