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r kwA <br />19 <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />INDIAN RIVER COUN'T'Y <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: March 15, 2024 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr., County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director, Office of Management and Budget <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: Authorization to Increase Blanket Purchase Orders <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Blanket Purchase orders are issued at the request of departments to enable as needed <br />purchases over the course of the fiscal year. The Purchasing Manager may approve <br />purchase orders up to $35,000 (not associated with a bid or contract), and the <br />Administrator is authorized in Section 105.01 of the County Code to approve purchase <br />orders up to $75,000. <br />The needs of some departments may exceed the Administrator's approval authority <br />during the course of a fiscal year. Many of these purchases reflect needs that are not <br />easily addressed through the bid process, and therefore a waiver of the requirement for <br />bids is reasonable and necessary. <br />As additional funds are needed on each Purchase Order, a change order request is <br />entered, and is authorized by the department, the Budget Office, and Purchasing <br />Division. <br />Waiver of the requirement for bids and pre -authorization of the Purchase Orders by the <br />Board will ensure the Purchase Orders can be increased expeditiously, after <br />confirmation of the availability of funds in the appropriate account by the Budget <br />Office. <br />FUNDING• <br />Funds are, or will be made, available, as indicated in the tables on the next page. <br />74 <br />