What's New

1100 South Sherman Street, Longmont, CO 80501

(303) 651-8349 Phone
(303) 651-8588 Fax

Welcome to the What's New section of the Purchasing and Contracts web site. This area is meant to provide our customers with the most up-to-the-minute information on City policies, programs, services, issues and events.

Vendor Training

How to Do Business with Us

Hosted by the City of Longmont, Boulder County and St. Vrain School District.

Purchasing representatives from three local agencies will describe their purchasing policies and practices.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 OR

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Both dates are from 3:00 - 5:00 pm in the City of Longmont Council Chambers, 350 Kimbark Street, Longmont, CO 80501

To view a flyer about this event, please click here.

No registration is required. Call (303) 651-8349 for more information.

Local Purchasing Preference Policy

With the adoption of a local purchasing preference policy, the City of Longmont will offer local businesses a 5 to 7.5 percent advantage when bidding on City of Longmont contracted work and services.

A local company is defined as an active business that 1) has an unrevoked Sales and Use Tax License, 2) has a physical location with at least 1 employee in the City limits, and 3) is current on all payment and filing obligations with the City. For businesses meeting those criteria, they are provided a 5% preference in the awarding of City work. An additional 2.5% preference is allowed for small, local businesses - those local companies that have 35 or fewer employees.

These preferences apply in situations where the City requests competition from the vendor community. The percentage preferences mean that the City will pay up to 5% more to award a contract to a local company over a non-local company, and up to 7.5% more to award a contract to a small, local company. The application of these percentages is capped at the first $100,000 of a bid therefore capping the extra amount the City will pay at $5,00 and $7,500, respectively. For Request of Proposals where the award is based on the scoring of proposals by an evaluation committee, the percentages are applied as additions to the total score received by a local and small, local business.

For more information, please contact us at (303) 651-8349.