While it might be fair to claim an emergency procurement is too critical to be held up by administrative procedure (hours could make a difference, for example, in matters of public health and ...

Current law allows the mayor to dole out non-competitive contracts lasting up to one year during a declared emergency. Menin said the frantic procurement process squanders billions in taxpayer ...

Baltimore’s spending board is closing in on an agreement to increase the transparency of its emergency spending process after concerns were raised by city Comptroller Bill Henry. The five-mem… ...

Imagine purchasing a car or searching for your next apartment without competitively price-shopping for those big-ticket items. That’s what City Hall does whenever the mayor declares an emergency.

Warren Mayor Lori Stone issued a veto late Friday afternoon of amendments to the city’s emergency purchasing ordinance that were unanimously approved by the City Council April 9.

As part of India's $4.5-billion emergency procurement plan for advanced defence technologies, US defence supplier Shield AI ...

MCPS system did not adhere to its policies on emergency procurement, report finds"It's more of the same. We've been watching Montgomery County for over 20 years do this same kind of emergency ...