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Department Contact Information:

Janina Lewis, NIGP-CPP, CPPO – Procurement Services Director
324 E. Pine St.
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Phone: 727.942.5615
Email: purchasing@ctsfl.us

Procurement Services Department Overview

Procurement Services manages the procurement of necessary supplies, equipment, and services at the lowest possible cost consistent with the quality needed to meet the requirements for the City of Tarpon Springs and to ensure that the taxpayers receive the maximum value for each dollar expended. Procurement Services uses a variety of methods including  competitive solicitations, sealed bids, cooperative purchasing, piggybacking of other agencies’ competitively solicited bids and use of the City issued purchasing cards.

Mission Statement:  Provide innovative solutions that meet customers’ needs through rapid, repeatable, transparent, and consistent processes ensuring that our customers receive the best products on time and on cost.

Vision Statement: Create and promote a useable procurement system, internal and external, through better training and accessibility.

Principles:

Procure and deliver goods and services, execute strategic sourcing initiatives, and establish and administer business agreements

Strive to have a transparent procurement system that upholds the integrity of the contracting process. In our profession, the means and the ends carry equal weight.

Provide business advice and sound market intelligence to our customers. Our highly trained and multiskilled professionals not only perform traditional contracting responsibilities, but also are involved with the overall life cycle of a requirement.

Serve as trusted advisors to customers, taxpayers, and industry providers.

Deliver timely acquisition capabilities and sound business solutions with discipline, expertise, and integrity to the City Departments and the taxpayers it supports.

Notice of Bids: The City of Tarpon Springs utilizes Onvia DemandStar to notify bidders of available opportunities. In order to receive notifications, the vendor must register with Onvia DemandStar. The City of Tarpon Springs does not maintain a separate vendor database. All vendors interested in doing business with the City should register with Onvia DemandStar.

Disposal of Surplus Equipment:

Periodically, the Procurement Services Department disposes of surplus equipment and supplies.

Surplus equipment items are sold through GovDeals. For details and to view the items available for sale, visit Govdeals.com.

Surplus items such as heavy machinery and vehicles are sold at Tampa Machinery Auction.  For details and to view items for sale, visit Tampa Machinery Auction, Inc.  https://tmauction.co/.

Recreational Programs:

Recreational Programming and Sunset Beach Concession Services: The City invites submissions of Letters of Interest from qualifies independent contractors and individuals to provide recreational programs for the City’s Recreation Division or for concession services at Sunset Beach.  In order to be considered, applicants must complete and submit a letter of interest.  Download the form and instructions below or from our document library.

Other Procurement Forms and Guides can be found in our document library.

Download the NOV. 2023 Contract List

Procurement Services Ethics Policy-2023.09.08

City of Tarpon Springs Vendor Code of Ethics 2023.09

Current Legal Notices

The City of Tarpon Springs will receive sealed bids and/or proposals for the following until the stated date and time when they will be publicly opened.

Tuesday, November 21, 2023 – 3:00 PM

240021-P-PH, Disaster Debris Monitoring Services

Copies of the bid documents may be obtained only through DemandStar/Onvia (www.demandstar.com).

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE
FILE NUMBER: 240035-N-PH
Ten-8 Fire & Safety, LLC

The City of Tarpon Springs intends to recommend the award of a sole source purchase
agreement for an Estimated Annual Amount of $100,000.00 to Ten-8 Fire & Safety, LLC
for sale, service, parts and warranty of custom and commercial fire apparatus
manufactured by Pierce in the state of Florida.
Contractors who believe they can meet or exceed the above stated requirement must
provide convincing technical data sufficient to support their position. The City of Tarpon
Springs Procurement Services office must receive replies to this notice not later than
close of business on November 27, 2023. After this date, an award will be made.
Responses to this notice will be used to determine whether bona fide competition exists.
Send written responses to City of Tarpon Springs Procurement Services, 324 E. Pine St.,
Tarpon Springs, Florida, 34689, Attention Janina Lewis, CPPO, NIGP-CPP Procurement
Services Director,

CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS
PROCUREMENT SERVICES
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
The City of Tarpon Springs will receive Letters of Interest for the following until the stated date and time:
Monday, September 30, 2024 – 3:00 PM
240002-R-AS, Concession Services for 2024 Sunset Beach Concert Series
Copies of the bid documents may be obtained through DemandStar/Onvia (www.demandstar.com) or Ashley Harter at aharter@ctsfl.us, Special Events & Volunteer Coordinator.
Janina Lewis, CPPO, NIGP-CPP
Procurement Services Director

CITY OF TARPON SPRINGS

PROCUREMENT SERVICES

REQUEST FOR LETTERS OF INTEREST       

The City of Tarpon Springs will receive Letters of Interest (LOI) for the following until the stated date and time:

Saturday, August 31, 2024 – 3:00 PM

240010-A-AS, Recreational Programs

Copies of the bid documents may be obtained only through DemandStar/Onvia (www.demandstar.com).

External Customer Satisfaction SurveyDownload Customer Survey Here!

The Procurement team would be grateful for any feedback you may have that will help them improve your Procurement experience.

Please be open and constructive in your comments so that the team can easily identify the key areas in which they can help you.

The questionnaire is completely anonymous, with the results being collated by a third party, but if you wish to be identified, please type your name in one of the comment boxes provided. All feedback will be addressed in an objective manner.

Quick Links

Sunbiz.Org Divisions of Corporations an official State of Florida Website  https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/

Florida Department of Management Services Suspended Vendor List

https://www.dms.myflorida.com/business_operations/state_purchasing/state_agency_resources/vendor_registration_and_vendor_lists/suspended_vendor_list

E-Verify Registration Link

https://www.e-verify.gov/

System for Award Management (Federally Funded Projects)

https://sam.gov/content/home