Procurement and Distribution Services

Overview

In Procurement and Distribution Services, our vision is to lead the way with integrity, teamwork, and outstanding services. Our mission is to deliver goods and services through authorized cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of our customers. Our values are customer service, integrity, teamwork, and creating an enjoyable and rewarding work environment.

We are committed to conducting procurements using sound business practices, promoting competition whenever possible to minimize costs, and upholding the highest ethical standards in all of our business practices.

Goals

Our goals align with Excellence for All and with the Seattle Public Schools 2010-2011 Priorities. Our primary goals include:

• Compliance: Ensure the integrity of our business processes
• Service Delivery: Consistently meet service and delivery standards
• Fiscal Integrity: Be good stewards of public funds

Current Initiatives

Some of our larger initiatives, which are directly related to our primary goals, include:

• Compliance: Review and update policies and procedures for procurement, and help ensure compliance with state and federal laws, Board policies, and Superintendent procedures
• Service Delivery: Establish baseline for performance measures for procurement administrative lead time
• Fiscal Integrity: Establish sustainable processes to evaluate procurement savings

Accomplishments

A few of our recent accomplishments include:

• Implementing paperless requisitions, resulting in an e-procurement ratio of 80%
• Redesigning the Small Works procurement process, resulting in a new application, a new roster, and a more streamlined and audit-worthy process

Additional Information

Our department works with vendors and District staff on many kinds of procurements. Please refer to the links above for more information.