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Kathryn Rowe
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Purchasing
Mission Statement:
To provide centralized purchasing to County departments and facilitate a fair selection process for goods and services. Purchasing strives to utilize the taxpayers money in the most efficient manner by fostering competition and achieving best value for the County departments. Purchasing also disposes of surplus equipment and property through a yearly auction.
Services Provided:
- Provide documentation and transparency to the Commissioners and the public about what and how Larimer County procures goods and services
- Develop policies that insure the integrity of county purchasing processes
- Prepare and process formal bids and proposals for goods and services over $25,000
- Process quotes for goods and services that fall between $5000-$25,000
- Manage vendor purchasing database and price agreements
- Participate in multi-jurisdictional purchasing cooperatives to obtain volume discount prices on goods and services
- Provide purchasing software training for County staff
- Maintain historical purchasing records in accordance with state regulations
- Manage the stockless on-line Office Supply procurement program
- Provide information and education to vendors about how to do business with Larimer County
- Provide support for the annual surplus auction
- Jointly administer and monitor the county-wide Commercial Card Program
- Sponsor annual surplus equipment auction in conjenction with Accounting
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