How does the County select a vendor for a specific product or service?
• Competitive Sealed Bids (used for construction, the cost of which is estimated to exceed $20,000, and for all other products and services, the cost of which is estimated to exceed $25,000). This is the preferred method of selection for larger purchases when the end product or result can be adequately defined and specified. • Request for Proposal (used for products and services when the end product cannot be adequately defined or specified or where factors other than the products or service need to be considered). • Small Purchase Procedure (used for all purchases the estimated cost of which is below the amounts stated for competitive sealed bids). The majority of purchase orders are issued under this method. However, only about 20% of the dollars are spent using this method. Written quotations, telephone quotations, catalog prices with discounts and other similar methods are used to select vendors under this method. • Sole Source (used when there is only one source for the required p
