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Charles J. Volpe Jr., CPPO, CPPB
Purchasing Agent
Address:
 155 Deer Hill Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810
Telephone: 203-797-4571
FAX: 203-796-1527

 

Additional Links:

Bid Information

State of CT Procurement Home Page

Vendor Guide
  On-Line Auction of City Surplus
  

 

About us:

 

          Purchasing is a division of the Finance Department.  The division is responsible for the procurement of all goods and services required by city departments and agencies, with the exception of the Board of Education.  The department also maintains a fixed asset inventory of all city owned buildings, land equipment, and infrastructure consistent with an established dollar threshold.  The office staff consists of a Purchasing Agent, an Assistant Purchasing Agent, and two part-time Purchasing Clerks.  The department staff works hard, within the framework established by the city’s Code of Ordinances, to obtain the best value for each tax dollar spent.

   
 

Our accomplishments: 

      

         The poor economic climate continues to impact the workload in our division.  A strict spending freeze, which was instituted two years ago, continues as of this writing.  For the second year in a row, the total number of purchase orders issued will number approximately 3,000, which is a 40% decrease from the historical average of 5,000. 

Purchasing issued and administered sixty sealed bids during the fiscal year, which is about an average number.  Bid participation remained excellent, although the recent surge in commodity prices has had a noticeable impact on the bid results.  The city’s website, www.danbury-ct.gov, and e-mail notification system continues to be very popular with vendors and other interested parties, 2,000 people have registered on the website to date.

Going forward, the Purchasing Division is preparing for the upcoming upgrade to the city’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) financial software system, which is scheduled to be completed in the upcoming fiscal year.  The new system will make on-line requisitioning available to all user departments, which will aid in the overall efficiency of the operation. 

The Purchasing Division continues to monitor cooperative government purchasing opportunities, and participates whenever it is deemed to be in the best interest of the City of Danbury to do so.