- To provide City departments and employees the highest level of procurement service,
- Achieve the Best Value for dollars spent,
- Provide fair and equal access for vendors interested in doing business with the City.

Recipient
of the Award for
Achievement of Excellence in Procurement®
in
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009!
In
1995, the National
Purchasing Institute established a program designed to recognize
organizational excellence in public procurement. The Achievement
of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) is awarded annually. This
prestigious award is earned by those organizations that demonstrate
excellence by obtaining a high score based on standardized criteria.
The criteria are designed to measure innovation, professionalism, productivity,
e-procurement, and leadership attributes of the procurement organization.
The City is one of only 88 government agencies in the US and Canada
to have won the award five years in a row!
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