Linn-Benton Community College Purchasing Information

Purchasing Coordinator
Elaine McDougal
Email: elaine.mcdougal@linnbenton.edu
Telephone: (541) 917-4314

Address correspondence to...

Linn-Benton Community College
Purchasing
6500 SW Pacific Blvd.
Albany, OR 97321
Fax: (541) 917-4327

The Purchasing Office is located in Room CC106 of the College Center Building

How to do business with LBCC

GOVERNING BODIES OF THE PURCHASING SYSTEM

All public contracting in the State of Oregon is governed by Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 279, which states in part that it is the policy of the State of Oregon to encourage public contracting competition that supports openness and impartiality to the maximum extent possible.
 

Other laws, rules, and policies governing LBCC's acquisitions include the Linn Benton Community College's Administrative Rules, specifically D002-Purchasing-General, D008-LBCC Contract Review Board Rules, and LBCC Contract Review Board Series Number 5110 and the Community College Rules of Procurement. These policies are to provide for the fair and equitable treatment of all persons involved in public purchasing by LBCC, to maximize the purchasing value of public, and to provide safeguards for maintaining a procurement system of quality and integrity.
 

BIDDING AND QUOTE REQUIREMENTS
 

Unless otherwise exempted, College acquisitions are based on the following solicitation methods:
 

Any purchases
 

Purchases under $5,000 may be completed by the individual departments selecting the vendor and placing an order without being required to obtain additional competitive quotes.
 

Purchases of $1,000 and over require a Linn-Benton Community College purchase order, with a few exceptions.
 

Informal Bids and Quotes
 

Whenever feasible, competitive quotes are encouraged at all levels of purchasing. However, purchases of $5,000 and over require competitive quotes.
 

Formal Bids
 

With limited exceptions purchases and public works projects $50,000 and over require a formal sealed bid procedure and will be processed by the purchasing department. For public works projects prevailing wage rates must be paid. Prevailing Wage Rates - BOLI
Formal solicitations are normally advertised in the Monday editions of the Albany Democrat Herald, the Corvallis Gazette-Times and/or the Wednesday Lebanon Express. Additional advertising may be published in the Daily Journal of Commerce.