Purchasing

Overview

The Purchasing Director oversees purchasing processes, issues purchase orders, processes requests for bid/proposal documents, bid tabulations, vendor applications and makes recommendations to the Administration regarding purchasing policies and the award of bids.

The Purchasing Director has no authority to bind the City of Romulus to any contract.

Purchasing facilitates the procurement of goods and services needed by the various City departments. Our primary objective is to procure the goods and services that allow the departments to function properly day to day by adhering to consistent and sound purchasing practices, the City Charter, and the City's Purchasing Ordinance Chapter 39 Purchasing. The latest version of Chapter 39 was published on November 21, 2018.

Responsibilities

Purchasing makes every effort to inform the City's Administration on making sound and prudent decisions in the best interest of the City and its citizens.

The Purchasing Director supervises and participates in bidding procedures, preparing specifications, identifying vendors, and mailing bid letter invitations; examines product quality, price, availability, service, and delivery and maintains inventory controls, and is responsible for issuance of purchase orders from approved requisitions.