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Mission Statement
As the
largest city in South Florida, the
City of Miami
purchases a variety of goods and services. In
all our procurement activities with actual and
potential vendors, every effort is made to
enhance the City's reputation of a progressive
agency instituting the core values of business
integrity and fairness and equity to all vendors
in its procurement process.
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The
Purchasing Department is responsible for the
acquisition of all supplies, materials,
equipment and services required by required
by all City departments. This is
accomplished by the determination of
applicable procurement procedures, price and
vendor selections, placement of purchase
orders and procurement contract
administration.
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To
centrally receive and distribute certain
common supplies to be transferred to other
departments/offices, and to coordinate the
redistribution, auction, sales, or other
lawful means of
disposal of City-owned
personal property that has been placed or
declared surplus.
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Promotes
environmentally preferable purchasing
(“Green Initiatives”) in its acquisition of
goods and services and consider life cycle
effects from pollution, waste generation,
energy consumption, recycled material
content, depletion of natural resources, and
potential impact on health and nature in its
procurement decisions.
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Promotes
conducting business with its local, small
businesses to protect, sustain, and
stimulate the City’s local economy and
assist in developing small businesses.
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