It is the Purchasing Division's responsibility to conduct purchasing for the City of College Station in accordance with all applicable laws and city charter, to foster sound purchasing policies and procedures throughout all city departments, and to stimulate competitive bidding in order to provide materials and services at the lowest price and highest quality possible. The city utilizes an online bidding system to support its transparency efforts by providing real-time information on open and closed solicitations.
Data Visualizations
In the chart below, authorized expenditures represent all types of POs, RFCs and P-Card authorized. These POs are created from a variety of approved purchasing practices including: awarded and competitively bid contracts, a three quote process, and request for checks. Actual expenditures represent all purchases made via all types of procurement methods in the indicated fiscal year.
In the above chart, timing differences in the procurement process may lead to PO authorization in one fiscal year and spending in the following fiscal year. This commonly occurs with Blanket POs (purchase orders authorized for Citywide purchases of certain supplies for a year) and Capital Projects.
