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File #: 2026-4667    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Information Item Status: Filed
File created: 12/12/2025 In control: OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
On agenda: 3/4/2026 Final action: 3/4/2026
Title: PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BIDS VS RFPS, SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS VS COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS
Sponsors: Wally Ritchie
Attachments: 1. Agenda Report, 2. Presentation - Purchasing, Contracts, & Materials Mgmt
Related files: 2026-4818

FROM:                     Robert Thompson, General Manager

                     Originator: Wally Ritchie, Director of Finance 

 

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PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BIDS VS RFPS, SOLE SOURCE CONTRACTS VS COMPETITIVE CONTRACTS

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GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION

 

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RECOMMENDATION:

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BACKGROUND

 

Each month, staff provides an informational presentation on topics of interest to the Board of Directors.  This month’s topic: Orange County Sanitation District Procurement Processes

 

RELEVANT STANDARDS

 

                     Ensure the public’s money is wisely spent

                     Participate in local, state, and national cooperative purchasing programs

 

 

ATTACHMENT

The following attachment(s) may be viewed on-line at the OC San website (www.ocsan.gov) with the complete agenda package:

 

                     Presentation