CITY MANAGER AUTHORITY PROCUREMENT AWARDS
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of third two-year extension to Contract 13-025B, Procurement Card Services Provider, US Bank for a revenue contract estimated at $90,000
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
SUBMITTED BY: Rachel Mayer, Director
BACKGROUND:
The City uses three forms of payment to vendors - electronic funds transfer (EFT), checks and procurement card. The procurement card program was initiated by the City in 1966 to increase vendor acceptance and operation efficiency for the purchase of goods and services per the guidelines of the Procurement Code. On Aug. 20, 2013, City Council approved the award of Contract 13-025B to US Bank to administer procurement card services for the City. The first extension awarding the two-year term was approved by the CMO on Oct. 11, 2016. The second extension was approved by the CMO on Dec. 18, 2018, for the term beginning Jan. 1, 2019 through Dec. 21, 2020.
The procurement card program has several controls to help ensure compliance with the city's procurement policy. The controls ensure the card can be used only for specific purposes and within specific dollar limits. Individual department directors request issuance of procurement cards to persons within their department; each card has set maximum dollar limits for each single purchase, as well as a monthly purchase limits and, in some cases, limitations on categories of purchases (i.e. travel related expenses, technology related expenses, etc.).
DISCUSSION:
US Bank performed well as the City's procurement card service provider during the second contract extension. Below is a summary of the program for 2020 (January 1 - June 30):
* Annual to-date spend is slightly more than $1.26 million. Slightly less than 2019 ($1.6M), suggesting COVID caused spending to reduce in the first month
* Average number of transactions per month was 692, down from an average of 1,060 in 2019
* Average spend per transaction amount wa...
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